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Abhinavagupta
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Abhinavagupta was a male philosopher and writer born in Kashmir in 950. He practiced Hinduism and wrote in Sanskrit. His professional field was philosophy. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
He died in Kashmir in 1020. The Open Library lists him under the author name Abhinavagupta Rājānaka. His works include Il commento di Abhinavagupta alla Parātriṃśikā, Śrī Parātriṃśikā, The Iśvarapratyabhijñā vivritivimarśini, Abhinavagupta's concept of cognitive power, and Paramarthacharcha. The database records a total of 31 works associated with him.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Il commento di Abhinavagupta alla Parātriṃśikā
- Śrī Parātriṃśikā
- The Iśvarapratyabhijñā vivritivimarśini
- Abhinavagupta's concept of cognitive power
- Paramarthacharcha
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Key facts
- Hindu leader.name
- Abhinavagupta
- Hindu leader.birth_date
- c. 950 CE
- Hindu leader.birth_place
- Kashmir
- Hindu leader.birth_name
- Shankara
- Hindu leader.death_date
- c. 1016 CE
- Hindu leader.death_place
- Mangam, Kashmir
- Hindu leader.influenced
- Śambhunātha, Lakṣmaṇagupta, Bhūtirāja
- Hindu leader.religion
- Hinduism
- Hindu leader.school_tradition
- Kashmir Shaivism
- Hindu leader.known_for
- Doctrine of Vibration (spanda)
- Hindu leader.works
- Tantrāloka etc
- Hindu leader.image_upright
- https://risingkashmir.blr1.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/19013701/1_pwskSBSzXWsyuwafpx3KNg.jpg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kashmir
- Place of death
- Kashmir
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- philosophy
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- date of birth
- 0950-01-01
- date of death
- 1020-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P13311
- Baitadi District
- Commons category
- Abhinavagupta
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Life
- Social background, family and disciples
- "Magical" birth
- Parents
- Family
- Ancestors
- Masters
- Lifestyle
- Works
- Religious works
- Tantraloka
- Tantrasara
- Devotional hymns
- Philosophical works
- Poetical and dramatic works
- References
- External links
Abhinavagupta (Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir. He was also considered an influential musician, poet, dramatist, exegete, theologian, and logician – a polymathic personality who exercised strong influences on Indian culture.
Abhinavagupta was born in a Kānyakubja Brāhmin family of scholars and mystics whose ancestors immigrated from Kannauj on invitation by the great king of Kashmir, Lalitaditya Muktapida. He studied all the schools of philosophy and art of his time under the guidance of as many as fifteen (or more) teachers and gurus. In his long life he completed over 35 works, the largest and most famous of which is Tantrāloka, an encyclopedic treatise on all the philosophical and practical aspects of Kaula and Trika (known today as Kashmir Shaivism). Another one of his very important contributions was in the field of philosophy of aesthetics with his famous Abhinavabhāratī commentary of Nāṭyaśāstra of Bharata Muni.
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