Shaiva Devotional Songs of Kashmir: A Translation and Study of Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali

by Constantina Rhodes Bailly

Book Overview

Utpaladeva was considered a siddha, a "perfected being," one of the masters of the tantric tradition in Kashmir, and he is best known for his philosophical treatises. The Shivastotravali reflects Utpaladeva's philosophy, known as the Pratyabhijna school. And yet it is unique among the author's works in its not being a straightforward philosophical treatise but instead, as Dr. Bailly points out in her introduction, more of a spiritual diary of one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887064930
• ISBN13: 9780887064937
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"