Pratyabhijnahridayam

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Pratyabhijnahridayam is a foundational philosophical text of Kashmir Shaivism that succinctly presents the non-dual recognition doctrine of this tradition.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam 3
Pratyabhijna 1
Pratyabhijnahridayam canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit text ⓘ
Shaiva scripture ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
aimsTo summarize the Pratyabhijñā doctrine in concise form ⓘ
associatedDeity Śiva ⓘ
linked to: Shiva
associatedTradition Trika Shaivism ⓘ
linked to: Kashmir Shaivism
authorIsDiscipleOf Abhinavagupta ⓘ
belongsToSchool Pratyabhijñā school ⓘ
belongsToTradition Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
centralDoctrine non-dual recognition ⓘ
recognition of one’s own true nature as Śiva ⓘ
composedByDiscipleOf Abhinavagupta ⓘ
coreTheme recognition through direct insight rather than ritual alone ⓘ
unity of consciousness and its manifestations ⓘ
focusesOn identity of individual self and universal Śiva ⓘ
genre Tantric philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam ⓘ
Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya ⓘ
hasAuthor Kṣemarāja ⓘ
linked to: Kshemaraja
hasCommentaries traditional Kashmir Shaiva commentarial literature ⓘ
influencedBy Abhinavagupta’s Pratyabhijñā works ⓘ
keyConcept pratyabhijñā (recognition) ⓘ
spanda (vibration of consciousness) ⓘ
linked to: Spanda-vṛtti

vimarśa (self-reflective awareness) ⓘ
ābhāsa (manifestation as appearance) ⓘ
Śakti as the power of consciousness ⓘ
Śiva as universal consciousness ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
numberOfVerses 20 ⓘ
period medieval India ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation non-dualism ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Kashmir ⓘ
religiousContext Hinduism ⓘ
studiedIn Indological scholarship ⓘ
comparative philosophy of religion ⓘ
subjectMatter epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
spiritual liberation ⓘ
yogic practice ⓘ
teaches that bondage is due to non-recognition of one’s true nature ⓘ
that liberation is recognition of one’s own Śiva-nature ⓘ
textType sūtra-like aphorisms ⓘ
usedIn Kashmir Shaiva philosophical training ⓘ
non-dual Śaiva meditation instruction ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashmir Shaivism → associatedWithText → Pratyabhijnahridayam ⓘ
Pratyabhijñā school → keyText → Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ⓘ
linked to: Pratyabhijnahridayam
Shiva Sutras → philosophicalSchool → Pratyabhijna ⓘ
linked to: Pratyabhijnahridayam
Kshemaraja → notableWork → Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ⓘ
linked to: Pratyabhijnahridayam
Pratyabhijnahridayam → hasAlternativeName → Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ⓘ
linked to: Pratyabhijnahridayam
Pratyabhijnahridayam → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam ⓘ
linked to: Pratyabhijnahridayam