Abhinavagupta - Wikipedia Abhinavagupta From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Indian philosopher and writer Abhinavagupta Personal Born Shankara c. 950 CE Kashmir Died c. 1016 CE Mangam, Kashmir Religion Hinduism Creed Kashmir Shaivism Religious career Influenced Śambhunātha, Lakṣmaṇagupta, Bhūtirāja Part of a series on Eastern philosophy Aryadeva and Nagarjuna Adi Shankara Laozi and Confucius China Hundred Schools of Thought Confucianism Persons Confucius Mencius Topics Face Filial piety Guanxi Ren Li Neo Confucianism Han Yu Wang Yangming Zhu Xi New Confucianism Xiong Shili Daoism Persons Laozi Zhuangzi Lie Yukou Topics Tao Yin yang Wu wei Legalism Shang Yang Mohism Mozi Military and Strategy Sun Tzu Han Buddhism Tientai Zhiyi Huayan school Fazang Guifeng Zongmi East Asian Mādhyamaka Jizang Chinese Chan Tibetan Buddhism Sakya Sakya Pandita Nyingma Longchenpa Gelug Tsongkhapa Four Tenets system Rangtong-Shentong Svatantrika-Prasaṅgika distinction Maoism Mao General topics De Qi India Āstika (orthodox) Vedic philosophy Agastya Aruni Ashtavakra Atri Vashistha Yajnavalkya Mimamsa Jaimini Vedanta Advaita Badarayana Gaudapada Adi Shankara Dvaita Madhvacharya Sri Vaishnavism Ramanuja Neo-Vedanta Vivekananda Aurobindo Samkhya Kapila Yoga Patanjali Nyaya Gotama Navya-Nyāya Gangesha Upadhyaya Vaisheshika Kanada Nāstika (heterodox) Ājīvika Charvaka Kashmir Shaivism Abhinavagupta Pratyabhijna Tantra Tamil Valluvam Valluvar Other Chanakya General topics Ahimsa Atomism Atman Ātman (Hinduism) Ātman (Buddhism) Ātman (Jainism) Artha Anekantavada Brahman Dharma Indian logic Karma Kama Maya Metta Moksha Nondualism Samadhi Pramana Yoga Jainism Haribhadra Umaswati Buddhism Buddha Traditions Madhyamika Nagarjuna Yogacara Vasubandhu Dharmakirti Indian logic Dignaga Topics Dukkha Anatta Anicca Nirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Emptiness Japan Traditions Japanese Buddhism Japanese Zen Sōtō school Dogen Rinzai school Eisai Shingon Kukai Japanese Confucianism Itō Jinsai Ogyū Sorai Nakae Tōju Kokugaku Motoori Norinaga Modern Thought Statism Kyoto School Kitaro Nishida Korea Traditions Korean Buddhism Wonhyo Uisang Uicheon Jinul Korean Confucianism Persons Seo Gyeongdeok Yi Eonjeok Yi Hwang Yi I Jeong Yak-yong Topics Silhak Donghak Choe Je-u Modern Thought Persons Jaegwon Kim Topics Minjung theology Juche v t e Part of a series on Shaivism Deities Paramashiva (Supreme being) Shiva Sadasiva Bhairava Rudra Virabhadra Shakti Durga Kali Parvati Sati Ganesha Murugan Sastha Shiva forms Others Scriptures and texts Vedas Upanishads (Svetasvatara) Agamas and Tantras Shivasutras Tirumurai Vachanas Philosophy Three Components Pati Pashu Pasam Three bondages Anava Karma Maya 36 Tattvas Yoga Satkaryavada Abhasavada Svatantrya Aham Practices Vibhuti Rudraksha Panchakshara Bilva Maha Shivaratri Yamas-Niyamas Guru-Linga-Jangam Schools Adi Margam Pashupata Kalamukha Kapalika Mantra Margam Saiddhantika Siddhantism Non - Saiddhantika Kashmir Shaivism Pratyabhijna Vama Dakshina Kaula: Trika-Yamala-Kubjika-Netra Others Nath Inchegeri Veerashaiva/Lingayatism Siddharism Sroutaism Aghori Indonesian Scholars Lakulisha Abhinavagupta Vasugupta Utpaladeva Nayanars Meykandar Nirartha Basava Sharana Srikantha Appayya Navnath Related Nandi Tantrism Bhakti Jyotirlinga Shiva Temples v t e Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1016 CE[1][2]) was a philosopher, mystic and aesthetician from Kashmir.[3] He was also considered an influential musician, poet, dramatist, exegete, theologian, and logician[4][5] – a polymathic personality who exercised strong influences on Indian culture.[6][7] Abhinavagupta was born in a Kashmiri Brahmin[8] family of scholars and mystics and studied all the schools of philosophy and art of his time under the guidance of as many as fifteen (or more) teachers and gurus.[9] 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.[10] Contents 1 Life 2 Social background, family and disciples 2.1 "Magical" birth 2.2 Parents 2.3 Family 2.4 Ancestors 3 Masters 4 Lifestyle 5 Works 5.1 Religious works 5.1.1 Tantraloka 5.1.2 Tantrasara 5.2 Devotional hymns 5.3 Philosophical works 5.4 Poetical and dramatic works 6 References 7 External links Life[edit] "Abhinavagupta" was not his real name, rather a title he earned from his master, carrying a meaning of "competence and authoritativeness".[11][12] In his analysis, Jayaratha (1150–1200 AD)[13] – who was Abhinavagupta's most important commentator – also reveals three more meanings: "being ever vigilant", "being present everywhere" and "protected by praises".[14] Raniero Gnoli, the only Sanskrit scholar who completed a translation of Tantrāloka in a European language, mentions that "Abhinava" also means "new",[15] as a reference to the ever-new creative force of his mystical experience. From Jayaratha, we learn that Abhinavagupta was in possession of all the six qualities required for the recipients of the tremendous level of śaktipāta, as described in the sacred texts (Śrīpūrvaśāstra):[16] an unflinching faith in God, realisation of mantras, control over objective principles (referring to the 36 tattvas), successful conclusion of all the activities undertaken, poetic creativity and spontaneous knowledge of all disciplines.[17] Abhinavagupta's creation is well equilibrated between the branches of the triad (Trika): will (icchā), knowledge (jñāna), action (kriyā); his works also include devotional songs, academical/philosophical works[11] and works describing ritual/yogic practices.[18] As an author, he is considered a systematiser of the philosophical thought. He reconstructed, rationalised and orchestrated the philosophical knowledge into a more coherent form,[19] assessing all the available sources of his time, not unlike a modern scientific researcher of Indology. Various contemporary scholars have characterised Abhinavagupta as a "brilliant scholar and saint",[20] "the pinnacle of the development of Kaśmir Śaivism"[20] and "in possession of yogic realization".[11] Social background, family and disciples[edit] "Magical" birth[edit] The term by which Abhinavagupta himself defines his origin is "yoginībhū", 'born of a yoginī'.[11][21] In Kashmir Shaivism and especially in Kaula it is considered that a progeny of parents "established in the divine essence of Bhairava",[22] is endowed with exceptional spiritual and intellectual prowess. Such a child is supposed to be "the depository of knowledge", who "even as a child in the womb, has the form of Shiva",[14] to enumerate but a few of the classical attributes of his kind. Parents[edit] Abhinavagupta was born in a Kashmiri Brahmin family.[23] His mother, Vimalā (Vimalakalā) died when Abhinavagupta was just two years old;[24][25] as a consequence of losing his mother, of whom he was reportedly very attached,[16] he grew more distant from worldly life and focused all the more on spiritual endeavour. The father, Narasiṃha Gupta, after his wife's death favoured an ascetic lifestyle, while raising his three children. He had a cultivated mind and a heart "outstandingly adorned with devotion to Mahesvara (Shiva)"[24] (in Abhinavagupta's own words). He was Abhinavagupta's first teacher, instructing him in grammar, logic and literature.[26] Family[edit] Abhinavagupta had a brother and a sister. The brother, Manoratha, was a well-versed devotee of Shiva.[27] His sister, Ambā (probable name, according to Navjivan Rastogi), devoted herself to worship after the death of her husband in late life. His cousin Karṇa demonstrated even from his youth that he grasped the essence of Śaivism and was detached of the world. His wife was presumably Abhinavagupta's older sister Ambā,[28] who looked with reverence upon her illustrious brother. Ambā and Karṇa had a son, Yogeśvaridatta, who was precociously talented in yoga[29] (yogeśvar means "lord of yoga"). Abhinavagupta also mentions his disciple Rāmadeva as faithfully devoted to scriptural study and serving his master.[28] Another cousin was Kṣema, possibly the same as Abhinavagupta's illustrious disciple Kṣemarāja. Mandra, a childhood friend of Karṇa, was their host in a suburban residence; he was not only rich and in possession of a pleasing personality, but also equally learned.[30] And last but not least, Vatasikā, Mandra's aunt, who got a special mention from Abhinavagupta for caring for him with exceptional dedication and concern; to express his gratitude, Abhinavagupta declared that Vatasikā deserved the credit for the successful completion of his work.[31] The emerging picture here is that Abhinavagupta lived in a nurturing and protected environment, where his creative energies got all the support they required. Everyone around him was filled with spiritual fervor and had taken Abhinavagupta as their spiritual master. Such a supporting group of family and friends was equally necessary as his personal qualities of genius, to complete a work of the magnitude of Tantrāloka. Ancestors[edit] By Abhinavagupta's own account, his most remote known ancestor was called Atrigupta, born in Madhyadeśa: [Manusmirti (circa 1500 BC, 2/21) defines the Madhyadesh region as vast plains between Himalaya and Vindhya mountains and to the east of the river Vinasana (invisible Saraswati) and to the west of Praya]. Born in Madhyadeśa he travelled to Kashmir at the request of the king Lalitāditya,[32][33] around year 740 CE.[34] Masters[edit] Abhinavagupta is famous for his voracious thirst for knowledge. To study he took many teachers (as many as fifteen),[35] both mystical philosophers and scholars. He approached Vaiṣṇavas, Buddhists, Śiddhānta Śaivists, and the Trika scholars. Among the most prominent of his teachers, he enumerates four, two of whom were Vāmanātha, who instructed him in dualistic Śaivism,[36] and Bhūtirāja in the dualist/nondualist school. Besides being the teacher of the famous Abhinavagupta, Bhūtirāja was also the father of two eminent scholars.[37] Lakṣmaṇagupta, a direct disciple of Utpaladeva, in the lineage of Trayambaka, was highly respected by Abhinavagupta and taught him all the schools of monistic thought: Krama, Trika, and Pratyabhijña (except Kula).[36] Śambhunātha taught him the fourth school (Ardha-trayambaka). This school is in fact Kaula, and it was emanated from Trayambaka's daughter. For Abhinavagupta, Śambhunātha was the most admired guru. Describing the greatness of his master, he compared Śambhunātha to the Sun, in his power to dispel ignorance from the heart, and, in another place, with "the Moon shining over the ocean of Trika knowledge."[38] Abhinavagupta received Kaula initiation through Śambhunātha's wife (acting as a dūtī or conduit). The energy of this initiation is transmitted and sublimated into the heart and finally into consciousness. Such a method is difficult but very rapid and is reserved for those who shed their mental limitations and are pure. It was Śambhunātha who requested he write Tantrāloka. As guru, he had a profound influence in the structure of Tantrāloka[39] and in the life of its creator, Abhinavagupta.[40] As many as twelve more of his principal teachers are enumerated by name but without details.[41] It is believed that Abhinavagupta had more secondary teachers. Moreover, during his life he had accumulated a large number of texts from which he quoted in his magnum opus, in his desire to create a synthetic, all-inclusive system, where the contrasts of different scriptures could be resolved by integration into a superior perspective. Lifestyle[edit] Abhinavagupta remained unmarried all his life,[42] and as an adept of Kaula, at least initially maintained brahmacharya and supposedly used the vital force of his energy (ojas) to deepen his understanding of the spiritual nervous system he outlined in his works—a system involving ritual union between Purusha (as Shiva) and Shakti. Such union is essentially non-physical and universal, and thus Abhinavagupta conceived himself as always in communion with Shiva-Shakti. In the context of his life and teachings, Abhinavagupta parallels Shiva as both ascetic and enjoyer. He studied assiduously at least until the age of thirty or thirty-five.[34] To accomplish that he travelled, mostly inside Kashmir.[43] By his own testimony, he had attained spiritual liberation through his Kaula practice, under the guidance of his most admired master, Śambhunātha.[40] He lived in his home (functioning as an ashram) with his family members and disciples,[44] and he did not become a wandering monk, nor did he take on the regular duties of his family, but lived out his life as a writer and a teacher.[38] His personality was described as a living realisation of his vision.[4] In an epoch pen-painting he is depicted seated in Virasana, surrounded by devoted disciples and family, performing a kind of trance-inducing music on a veena while dictating verses of Tantrāloka to one of his attendees--behind him two dūtī (women yogi) waiting on him. A legend about the moment of his death (placed somewhere between 1015 and 1025, depending on the source), says that he took with him 1,200 disciples and marched off to a cave (the Bhairava Cave, an actual place known to this day), reciting his poem Bhairava-stava, a devotional work. 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Here are enumerated most of his works.[10] Bold type faced titles represent the most important ones. Religious works[edit] Tantraloka[edit] Main article: Tantraloka His most important work was Tantrāloka,(translates into "To Throw Light on Tantra"), a synthesis of all the Trika system.[11] Its only complete translation in a European language – Italian – is credited to Raniero Gnoli, now at its second edition.[46] The esoteric chapter 29 on the Kaula ritual was translated in English together with Jayaratha's commentary by John R. Dupuche, Rev. Dr.[14] A complex study on the context, authors, contents and references of Tantrāloka was published by Navjivan Rastogi, Prof. of the Lucknow University.[47] Though there are no English translations of Tantrāloka to date, the last recognized master of the oral tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshman Joo, gave a condensed version of the important philosophical chapters of ‘'Tantrāloka'‘ in his book, Kashmir Shaivism – The Secret Supreme.[48] Another important text was the commentary on Parātrīśikā, Parātrīśikāvivaraṇa, detailing the signification of the phonematic energies and their two sequential ordering systems, Mātṛkā and Mālinī. This was the last great translation project of Jaideva Singh.[49] Tantrasara[edit] Main article: Tantrasara Tantrasāra ("Essence of Tantra") is a summarised version, in prose, of Tantrāloka, which was once more summarised in Tantroccaya, and finally presented in a very short summary form under the name of Tantravaṭadhānikā – the "Seed of Tantra". Pūrvapañcikā was a commentary of Pūrvatantra, alias Mālinīvijaya Tantra, lost to this day. Mālinīvijayā-varttika ("Commentary on Mālinīvijaya") is a versified commentary on Mālinīvijaya Tantra's first verse. Kramakeli, "Krama's Play" was a commentary of Kramastotra, now lost. Bhagavadgītārtha-saṃgraha which translates "Commentary on Bhagavad Gita" has now an English translation by Boris Marjanovic.[50] Other religious works are: Parātrīśikā-laghuvṛtti, "A Short Commentary on Parātrīśikā", Paryantapañcāśīkā ("Fifty Verses on the Ultimate Reality"), Rahasyapañcadaśikā ("Fifteen Verses on the Mystical Doctrine"), Laghvī prakriyā ("Short Ceremony"), Devīstotravivaraṇa ("Commentary on the Hymn to Devi") and Paramārthasāra ("Essence of the Supreme Reality"). Devotional hymns[edit] Abhinavagupta has composed a number of devotional poems, most of which have been translated into French by Lilian Silburn:[51] Bodhapañcadaśikā – "Fifteen Verses on Consciousness"; Paramārthacarcā – "Discussion on the Supreme Reality"; Anubhavanivedana – "Tribute of the Inner Experience"; Anuttarāṣṭikā – "Eight Verses on Anuttara"; Krama-stotra – an hymn, different from the fundamental text of the Krama school; Bhairava-stava – "Hymn to Bhairava"; Dehasthadevatācakra-stotra – "Hymn to the Wheel of Divinities that Live in the Body"; Paramārthadvādaśikā – "Twelve Verses on the Supreme Reality" and Mahopadeśa-viṃśatikā – "Twenty Verses on the Great Teaching". Another poem Śivaśaktyavinābhāva-stotra – "Hymn on the Inseparability of Shiva and Shakti" was lost. Philosophical works[edit] One of the most important works of Abhinavagupta is Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vimarśini ("Commentary to the Verses on the Recognition of the Lord") and Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivṛti-vimarśini ("Commentary on the explanation of Īśvarapratyabhijñā"). This treatise is fundamental in the transmission of the Pratyabhijña school (the branch of Kashmir Shaivism based on direct recognition of the Lord) to our days. Another commentary on a Pratyabhijña work – Śivadṛṣtyā-locana ("Light on Śivadṛṣṭi") – is now lost. Another lost commentary is Padārthapraveśa-nirṇaya-ṭīkā and Prakīrṇkavivaraṇa ("Comment on the Notebook") referring to the third chapter of Vākyapadīya of Bhartrihari. Two more philosophical texts of Abhinavagupta are Kathāmukha-tilaka("Ornament of the Face of Discourses") and Bhedavāda-vidāraṇa ("Confrontation of the Dualist Thesis"). Abhinavagupta's thought was strongly influenced by Buddhist logic.[52] Poetical and dramatic works[edit] Main article: Abhinavabharati Abhinavaguptas most important work on the philosophy of art is Abhinavabhāratī – a long and complex commentary on Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni. This work has been one of the most important factors contributing to Abhinavagupta's fame up until present day. His most important contribution was that to the theory of rasa (aesthetic savour). Other poetical works include: Ghaṭa-karpara-kulaka-vivṛti, a commentary on "Ghaṭakarpara" of Kalidasa; Kāvyakauṭukavivaraṇa, a "Commentary to the Wonder of Poetry" (a work of Bhaṭṭa Tauta), now lost; and Dhvanyālokalocana, "Illustration of Dhvanyāloka", which is a famous work of Anandavardhana. References[edit] ^ Triadic Heart of Shiva, Paul E. 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Murphy, page 13 ^ Luce dei Tantra, Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, Raniero Gnoli, 1999 ^ Introduction to the Tantrāloka, Navjivan Rastogi ^ Kashmir Shaivism – The Secret Supreme, ed, John Hughes, SUNY press, 1985. ^ Para-trisika-Vivarana, Jaideva Singh ^ Abhinavagupta's Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Boris Marjanovic ^ Hymnes de Abhinavagupta: Traduits et commentés, Lilian Silburn ^ Andre Padoux. Vac: The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras. SUNY Press, 1990. page 180 "One knows that the thought of such authors as Abhinavagupta was strongly influenced by Buddhist logic." External links[edit] Bibliography of Abhinavagupta's works, Item 582, Karl Potter, University of Washington Muktabodha Online Library – containing many of Abhinavagupta's works in Sanskrit including Tantrāloka GRETIL: a collection of Abhinavagupta's works in original, also containing other Kashmir Shaivism texts Four biographical articles on Abhinavagupta by Swami Lakshman Joo, Prof. K. N. Dhar, R. K. 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