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This has been revealed by the author at the end of the work by way of acknowledgement of his indebtedness to an accomplished yogini appearing suddenly before him following her performance of worship of his deity, namely, Parama Siva or Bhairava with patched cloth on her body, trident and skull in her hands.
Maheshvarananda, a full accomplished yogin of the class of Kashmir Saivism seems to have been initially initiated by Yogini Keyurvati who herself was the ...
This book is an asset for practitioners as it contains varieties of meditation methods whether be it on touch, taste, smell, sound, fie tattvas, senses, etc. Whether method one may employ, ultimately one reaches to one's reality, i.e. integral consciousness which is the Ultimate Reality called by various names in the timeline of Yoga such as Indra, Yama, Brahman, Siva, etc.
This is an English translation of thirteen minor works of Abhinavagupta (950 - 1050 A.D.) as well contains as exhaustive glossary of Technical words of Tryambakam system now known as Kashmir Saivism.
The translated minor works of Abhinavagupta are : (1) Paramarthasa - Essence of the Supreme state of Being, (2) Dehastha-Devata Chakra Storam - Hymn to the human Body as a Temple of Divinities. (3) Pancasloka Stotra - Five verses on the glory of Siva. (4) ...
Tantraloka means light on Tantra - the magnum opus of Abhinavagupta (950-1050 A.D.). Literally Tantra means thread and happens to have been used in one of the earliest usage in the Rgveda (X.53.6) itself in such a deep sense as understanding binding the entire reality together in a single fold of comprehension so beneficial as to transform the human nature of all its baser kind of tendency into the most idealistic form which is known as the divine.
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