Abhinavagupta
Kashmiri philosopher and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abhinavagupta (Devanāgarī अभिनवगुप्तः; c. 950 – 1016 CE[1][2]: 27 ) 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 | |
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Born | Shankara c. 950 CE |
Died | c. 1016 CE Mangam, Kashmir |
Religion | Hinduism |
Creed | Kashmir Shaivism |
Notable work(s) | Tantrāloka etc |
Known for | Doctrine of Vibration (spanda) |
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Abhinavagupta was born in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family of scholars and mystics who whose ancestors immigrated from Kannauj by the great king of Kashmira, Lalitaditya Muktapida.[8][9][10] He studied all the schools of philosophy and art of his time under the guidance of as many as fifteen (or more) teachers and gurus.[2]: 35 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.[11]