Trika

Bhairavastava

भैरवस्तवः

Hymn to Bhairava

Author: Abhinavagupta
Language: Sanskrit
Period: c. 975–1025 CE
Tradition: Trika
Versions: 1

Abhinavagupta's hymn to Bhairava. Sanskrit via GRETIL.

Textual history

A stotra addressed to Bhairava as the dynamic form of absolute consciousness. Short Śaiva hymns of this kind were recited in ritual and contemplative settings and transmitted in Kashmiri stotra collections. The GRETIL witness uses Marino Faliero's encoding from the Gandharva-nagaram / DSO archive.

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