Para-trisika-Vivarana by Abhinavagupta: The Secret of Tantric Mysticism

  Specification: Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers By : Jaideva Singh Cover : Paperback Language : English Edition : 2017 Pages : 404 Weight : 520 gm. Size : 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches ISBN-10 : 8120804724 ISBN-13 : 978-8189915544 Description: From the Book The Paratrisika (or Paratrimsika) is a short Tantra which has been held in the highest esteem by Kashmir Saivism or Trika. After Somananda, Abhinavagupta has written two commentaries on it, a short one (Laghuvrtti) and an extensive one-the present Vivarana which is presented here for the first time in an English translation. The Paratrisika Vivarana is one of the most fascinating but also most difficult texts of the Kashmir Saiva School, and of the mystical philosophical literature of India as a whole. It deals with Ultimate Reality (anuttara or para) and with the methods of realization, centred above all in the theory and practice of the mantra. Abhinavagupta displays here his great exegetical genius and presents a penetra