Abhinavagupta
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 6 anchored passages · author page
the venerable master Abhinavagupta
in the texts
Bodhapañcadaśikā
The author of the fifteen verses, named in the closing colophon as their composer.
] In order to awaken readily disciples of tender intellect, these fifteen verses were uttered by Abhinavagupta.
Paramārthasāra
The author of the Paramārthasāra, who recasts an earlier base-text into a hundred āryā verses.
[now] Abhinavagupta sets forth that essence, through the vision of the Śaiva scripture [Śiva's teaching].
For one who meditates upon this concise [exposition] uttered by Abhinavagupta, [which is] the supreme Brahman, Śiva-hood comes, before long, to enter into [pervade] his own heart.
This most profoundly hidden essence of the scriptures has been compressed in a hundred āryā (the mātrā (moraic) meter of all 105 verses) verses by me, Abhinavagupta, made radiant by the remembrance of Śiva's feet.
Paryantapañcāśikā
The historical Kashmiri Śaiva philosopher Abhinavagupta, identified in the colophon as the author of the Paryantapañcāśikā and speaking in the first person in the opening and closing verses.
Here is completed this composition of the venerable master Abhinavagupta, called the Paryantapañcāśikā ["The Fifty [Verses] on the Ultimate Goal"].
I take up in study that unutterable Speech, brimming over with the repose of the infinite powers contained within it from beginning to end — the very Heart of the all-pervading Lord.
I take refuge in the Anuttara radiance — brimming with the infinite signified and signifier contained within it from beginning to end, the secret of all mantras and mudrās [{{anuttara: