Vasugupta
Sign in to saveVasugupta ( – 850 CE) was the author of the Shiva Sutras, an important text of the Advaita tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, also called Trika (sometimes called Trika Yoga).
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- The yoga of vibration and divine pulsation
- Aforismi di Siva. Con il commento di Ksemaraja (Sivasutramarsini)
- Śiva sūtras
- The Spanda karikas, with the vivriti of Ramakantha
- The stanzas on vibration
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- Place of birth
- Kashmir
- Place of death
- Kashmir
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- philosopher
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- philosophy
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- date of birth
- 0860-01-01
- date of death
- 0925-01-01
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- 0900-00-00
- start of work period
- 0800-00-00
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Vasugupta ( – 850 CE) was the author of the Shiva Sutras, an important text of the Advaita tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, also called Trika (sometimes called Trika Yoga).
==Biography== Little is known about Vasugupta's life, other than he lived in Kashmir and in the first half of the 9th century. He probably was born in late 8th century to a Kashmiri Hindu family. This dating is based on mentions of his work in other Indian texts, and the biography of his students particularly Kallata and Somananda, both of whom are dated to have actively composed philosophical texts sometime between 825 and 900 CE. He probably was a contemporary and aware of the ideas of Advaita Vedanta, and of Buddhist scholars of the 8th and 9th century.
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