The Paramārthasāra of Ādi Śeṣa

The Paramārthasāra of Ādi Śeṣa
Author: Ādiśeṣa
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2003
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0895819589

The Paramarthasara, or Epitome of the Highest Truth, is perhaps the earliest work on Advaita Vedanta in existence. Attributed to Adi Sesa, the primeval serpent, or at least to his incarnation Patanjali, it gives in a mere 85 verses employing ancient Samkhya terminology a succinct statement of the highest truths taught in non-dual Vedanta. Its teachings have many parallels to those found in Gaudapada's famous Mandukya-karika. This edition includes the original Sanskrit text. Added to this edition is the later Kashmir Saiva work of the same name, written by Abhinavagupta, which is based on Adi Sesa's earlier work. The Paramarthasara, or Epitome of the Highest Truth, is perhaps the earliest work on Advaita Vedanta in existence. Attributed to Adi Sesa, the primeval serpent, or at least to his incarnation Patanjali, it gives in a mere 85 verses employing ancient Samkhya terminology a succinct statement of the highest truths taught in non-dual Vedanta. Its teachings have many parallels to those found in Gaudapada's famous Mandukya-karika. This edition includes the original Sanskrit text. Added to this edition is the later Kashmir Saiva work of the same name, written by Abhinavagupta, which is based on Adi Sesa's earlier work.

An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy

An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy
Author: Lyne Bansat-Boudon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2014-06-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136930760

The Paramarthasara, or ‘Essence of Ultimate Reality’, is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth and eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine of which he is a notable exponent, namely nondualistic Saivism, which he designates in his works as the Trika, or ‘Triad’ of three principles: Siva, Sakti and the embodied soul (nara). This book presents, along with a critically revised Sanskrit text, the first annotated English translation of both Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara and Yogaraja’s commentary.

The Role of Divine Grace in the Soteriology of Śaṃkarācārya

The Role of Divine Grace in the Soteriology of Śaṃkarācārya
Author: Bradley J. Malkovsky
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004120440

This book presents a thorough reexamination of the role of divine grace in am kara s system and shows that am kara regarded grace as an essential component of the process leading to enlightenment and liberation. am kara s indebtedness to earlier Ved ntins is also shown

Gauḍapādīya-kārikā(s)

Gauḍapādīya-kārikā(s)
Author: Gauḍapāda Ācārya
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1989
Genre: Hindu philosophy
ISBN: 9788120806528

Not being satisfied with the interpretation offered by Sankara and his followers, or some other teachers the author has attempted in the following pages to present to the readers his own interpretation of the work as he has understood it. But in no way does he claim that his interpretation is the interpretation, i.e., the interpretation intended by Gaudapada himself. In the present volume the author has given a new edition of the text of the Agamasastra based on a number of MSS and different editions, followed by an English translation. After this comes his annotation. At the end there are Appendixes including the text and English translation of the Mandukya Upanisad, VAriants of the MSS used for the edition of the text of the Agamasastra, and different indexes.

The Roots of Tantra

The Roots of Tantra
Author: Katherine Anne Harper
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2002-02-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780791453056

Among the many spiritual traditions born and developed in India, Tantra has been the most difficult to define. Almost everything about it its major characteristics, its sources, its relationships to other religions, even its practices are debated among sc

Neelakanta Theerthapada: Life And Works

Neelakanta Theerthapada: Life And Works
Author: Raman Nair R
Publisher: South Indian Studies
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9383763213

Neelakanta Theerthapada; disciple of Chattampi Swamikal was a great scholar, poet, and social and religious reformer and was a lead figures of renaissance in Kerala. He has composed numerous works in Sanskrit and Malayalam. They became the theoretical base for the movements of the marginalized and were the agents that heralded social reformers. His works formed the most important contributions from Kerala to the spiritual and philosophical literature in Sanskrit of the twentieth century. After Sankara, there was no other scholar from Kerala who has composed Sanskrit works in quality and quantity to the extent to which Neelakanta Theerthapada has done. Any serious observation of the works of Theerthapada can reveal that they excel Brhatkatha of Gunadhya, beautiful words of Murari, meaningfulness of Bharavi, compositions of Kalidasa, works of Mayura, and Magha. With the use of simple and direct words they outshine Naishadha of Sri Harsha and Karporamanjari of Rajasekhara. This is the first book in English on the life and work of Neelakanta Theerthapada.

Isvara Pratyabhijna Karika of Utplaladeva

Isvara Pratyabhijna Karika of Utplaladeva
Author: Utpala
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788120817852

The Iavara -pratyabhijna Karika (IPK) of Utpaladeva is the foremost work of Pratyabhijna Darsana and contains the core argumentation in support of this important Saiva Philosophy as well as refutations of and disputations with Buddhsit Vedantin and Ritual