Trika
Tantrāloka
तन्त्रालोकः
Light on the Tantras
- Author
- Abhinavagupta
- Language
- Sanskrit
- Period
- c. 975–1025 CE
- Tradition
- Trika
- Versions
- 1
Abhinavagupta's encyclopedic synthesis of Trika / Kaula doctrine and practice, in thirty-seven āhnikas. Sanskrit root via GRETIL (KSTS edition encoding).
Textual history
Composed in Kashmir in the early eleventh century as Abhinavagupta's magnum opus, the Tantrāloka organizes nondual Śaiva revelation across thirty-seven āhnikas. It draws on the Mālinīvijayottara and a wide Kaula and Trika scriptural base, while folding in Krama and Pratyabhijñā perspectives.
The text circulated in Kashmiri Śāradā manuscripts and was printed in the Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies (vols. 23, 28, 30, 35, 36, 41, 47, 52, 57, 58, etc.). Jayaratha's Viveka commentary became the standard guide. The GRETIL e-text encodes the KSTS Sanskrit under Jun Takashima's guidance.
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