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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821178103321

Autore

Nemec John

Titolo

The ubiquitous Śiva [[electronic resource] ] : Somānanda's Śivadrs̥ṭị and his tantric interlocutors / / John Nemec

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-13651-1

9786613136510

0-19-979554-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Collana

AAR religion in translation

Altri autori (Persone)

Somānanda

Disciplina

294.5/2

Soggetti

Kashmir Śaivism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction to the translation -- pt. 2. The translation -- pt. 3. The edition.

Sommario/riassunto

John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or ""Recognition [of God]"" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition and annotated translation of a large portion of the first Pratyabhijna text ever composed, the Sivadrsti of Somananda. In an extended introduction, Nemec argues that the author presents a unique form of non-dualism, a strict pantheism that declares all beings and entities found in the universe to be fully identic