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Also known as Elucidation of Tantra

Tantrāloka () is a treatise of Abhinavagupta, a writer and philosopher of the Trika-school of Kashmir Shaivism.

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Tantrāloka () is a treatise of Abhinavagupta, a writer and philosopher of the Trika-school of Kashmir Shaivism.

== Overview == The work contains the synthesis of the 64 monistic āgamas and the different schools of tantra. It discussed both ritualistic and philosophic aspects in 37 chapters; the first chapter contains the essential teachings in condensed form. On account of its size and scope it is considered an encyclopedia of the nondual school of Hindu tantra. A more abridged and concise version of the Tantrāloka, also written by Abhinavagupta, is the Tantrasāra.

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