ABHINAVAGUPTA (fl. c. 975–1025 CE), Kashmirian Śaiva theologian. Descended from Atrigupta, a brahman scholar brought to Kashmir from the Doab by King Lalitāditya (c. 724–760 CE), Abhinavagupta was the son, conceived in Kaula...

(tenth century A.D.) a writer on aesthetics and a philosopher of the Kashmiri school of Śaivism who wrote over forty...

Abhinavagupta (approx. 950 - 1020 AD[1][2]) was one of India's greatest philosophers, mystics and aestheticians. He was also considered an important musician, poet, dramatist, exeget, theologian, and logician[3][4] - a polymathic personality who...

This richly rewarding publication contains, among other things, the first reliable translation of Anandavardhana's seminal work into English,(1) the first translation of Abhinavagupta's Locana thereon into any Western language,(2) and a thorough annotation that makes it possible even for the amateur connaisseur or...

An argument is made for the aesthetic grounding of the great Kashmiri philosopher's metaphysical theology--rather than the more usual reverse argument. A new translation of the Santarasaprakarana of Abhinava's Bharati is appended, which both improves Masson's and Patwardhan's version, and supports the above interpretation....