The Paramārthasāra of Ādi Śeṣa
The Paramārthasāra of Ādi Śeṣa

Author: Ādiśeṣa

Publisher: Jain Publishing Company

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0895819589

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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

Published: 2014-06-11

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1136930760

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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

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9789004120440

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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.

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9788120806528

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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

Published: 2002-02-21

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780791453056

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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

Published: 2018-04-30

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9383763213

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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.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9788120817852

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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