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For permission regarding publication, send an e-mail to [email protected] KASHMIR NEWS NETWORK (KNN) iii PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version http://www.fineprint.com PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version http://www.fineprint.com The Kashmir Serieshaivism Contents page Contents .......................................................................................................................................... v Foreword......................................................................................................................................1-1 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................................1-1 2 Shaivistic and Bhakti Roots of Kashmiri Religion..............................................................2-2 3 Kashmir Saivism..................................................................................................................3-5 4 Kashmir Saivism and its Echoes in Kashmiri Poetry ..........................................................4-8 5 Kashmir Shaivism..............................................................................................................5-12 5.1 Hymn to Shiva Shakti ................................................................................................5-12 5.2 The Chart of Cosmology according to Kashmir Shavism .........................................5-13 6 Saivism in Prospect and Retrospect...................................................................................6-15 7 Salient Features of Kashmir Monistic Shaivism................................................................7-20 7.1 Shambhavopaya .........................................................................................................7-20 7.2 Shaktopaya.................................................................................................................7-22 7.3 Anvopaya ...................................................................................................................7-22 8 Shaivism & Kashmir's Doctrine of 'Recognition' (Pratyabhijna) ......................................8-25 8.1 Part I...........................................................................................................................8-25 8.2 Part II .........................................................................................................................8-28 9 Fundamental Aspect of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism ..................................................9-32 10 Tantricism in Kashmir ................................................................................................. 10-38 10.1 Devi Rahasya ........................................................................................................... 10-40 10.2 Brhat Nila Tantra ..................................................................................................... 10-41 10.3 Gandharvatantra....................................................................................................... 10-41 10.4 Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.......................................................................................... 10-42 10.5 Uddamareswara Tantra ............................................................................................ 10-42 10.6 Vamakeswari Mata Vivarana................................................................................... 10-42 10.7 Malini Vijaya Tantra................................................................................................ 10-42 10.8 Malini Vijaya Vartikam ........................................................................................... 10-42 10.9 Netra Tantra ............................................................................................................. 10-42 10.10 Mrgendra Tantra .................................................................................................. 10-42 11 Kashmir Tantrism ........................................................................................................ 11-43 12 Kashmir Saivism.......................................................................................................... 12-59 12.1 DIFFERENT NAMES OF THE SYSTEM ............................................................. 12-59 12.2 A SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY ............................................................................... 12-59 12.3 LITERATURE......................................................................................................... 12-59 12.4 AGAMA-SASTRA.................................................................................................. 12-60 12.5 SPANDA-SASTRA................................................................................................. 12-60 12.6 PRATYABHIJNA-SASTRA................................................................................... 12-60 12.7 WHAT IS SASTRA?............................................................................................... 12-60 12.8 METAPHYSICAL BACKGROUND ..................................................................... 12-61 12.9 SAKTI AS THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL MANIFESTATION .................. 12-63 12.10 SIVA'S ANUTVA THROUGH SELF-LIMITATION........................................ 12-63 12.11 THE FIVE KANCUKAS AND THREE MALAS .............................................. 12-64 12.12 REMOVAL OF THE ANUTVA - ITS FIVE STAGES...................................... 12-65 KASHMIR NEWS NETWORK (KNN) v PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version http://www.fineprint.com The Kashmir Series 12.13 UNIVERSE AS SIVA'S KRIDA OR PLAY....................................................... 12-66 12.14 BONDAGE AND LIBERATION ....................................................................... 12-66 12.15 THE FOUR UVAYAS ........................................................................................ 12-68 12.16 HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD OF TRIKA ............................................ 12-69 13 Human Upliftment through Kashmir Shaivism ........................................................... 13-71 13.1 EVOLUTION OF INDIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY ..................................... 13-71 13.2 JARDUST AND VEDVYAS .................................................................................. 13-71 13.3 ANAL HAQ............................................................................................................. 13-72 13.4 THE ALMIGHTY LORD - FROM WHOM EMANATES EVERYTHING AND WHO IS BEYOND ALL DIVERSITIES............................................................................ 13-72 13.5 PARAM SHIVA AND HIS UNIVERSAL MANIFESTATION ............................ 13-72 13.6 MAYA AND FIVE KANCUKAS (COVERINGS)................................................ 13-73 13.7 PURUSHA AND PRAKRITI.................................................................................. 13-73 13.8 BUDDHI, AHAMKARA AND MANAS ............................................................... 13-74 13.9 DOCTRINE OF THE FOUR STAGES IN THE MANIFESTATION OF SPEECH .13- 74 13.10 BONDAGE.......................................................................................................... 13-75 13.11 THREE MALAS (IMPURITIES)........................................................................ 13-75 13.12 LIBERATION...................................................................................................... 13-75 13.13 SHAKTIPAT AND TRIKA YOGA.................................................................... 13-75 13.14 FOUR UPAYAS (MEANS) ................................................................................ 13-76 13.15 DHYANA YOGA................................................................................................ 13-77 13.16 UCCARA YOGA ................................................................................................ 13-77 13.17 KARANA YOGA................................................................................................ 13-77 13.18 STHANA KALPANA ......................................................................................... 13-77 13.19 VIGYAN BHAIRAV TANTRA ......................................................................... 13-78 13.20 SPECIAL FEATURES OF SAIVA YOGA ........................................................ 13-78 13.21 DEVOTION FOR LORD .................................................................................... 13-78 13.22 SPECIFIC FEATURES OF KASHMIR SHAIVISM ........................................