Description
The Recognition of the Lord (??śvarapratyabhijna) by the Kashmirian Utpaladeva (c. 925-975) is a landmark in the history of nondual Saivism, and one of the masterpieces of Indian philosophy. The detailed commentary (Vivrti) on it by the author himself was so far considered almost entirely lost, but three chapters of this major work were recently recovered from marginal annotations in manuscripts of other commentaries on Utpaladeva's treatise. The book provides the first critical edition, annotated translation and study of one of these chapters, which endeavours to justify a fundamental paradox of the system-namely, the idea that Siva (understood as an infinite, omniscient, and omnipotent consciousness) has a dynamic essence since the core of consciousness is a subtle form of action, and yet is by no means limited by the temporal and spatial sequence that affects all ordinary acts and agents.
About the Author
Isabelle Ratie is Professor of Sanskrit Language and Literatures at Sorbonne Nouvelle (University of Paris 3).
Book Information
ISBN 9780674270817
Author Isabelle Ratie
Format Hardback
Page Count 414
Imprint Harvard University Press
Publisher Harvard University Press
