Pratyabhijna and Shankara’s Advaita (comparative study)

by Ranjni M. | 2013 | 54,094 words

This page relates ‘List of Non-dualistic Agamas’ of study dealing with Pratyabhijna and Shankara’s Advaita. This thesis presents a comparative analysis of two non-dualistic philosophies, Pratyabhijna from Kashmir and Shankara’s Advaita Vedanta from Kerala, highlighting their socio-cultural backgrounds and philosophical similarities..

Appendix 2 - A List of Non-dualistic Āgamas

[The list of Advaita Āgamas given here is as given by K.C. Pandey in his work, Abhinavagupta;An Historical and Philosophical Study; (p. 141f.). It consists of eight groups consisting eight treatises.]

I Bhairava tantras:

1. Svacchanda;
2. Bhairava;
3. Caṇḍa;
4. Krodha;
5. Unmatta Bhairava;
6. Asitāṅga;
7. Mahocchuṣma;
8. Kapālīśa;

II Yāmala tantras:

1. Brahmayāmala;
2. Viṣṇuyāmala;
3. Svacchandayāmala;
4. Ruru;
5. ...;
6. Ātharvaṇa;
7. Rudra;
8. Vetāla;

III Mata:

1. Rakta;
2. Lampaṭa;
3. Lakṣmīmata;
4. Mata;
5. Cālikā;
6. Piṅgala;
7. Utphullaka;
8. Viśvādya;

IV Maṅgala:

1. Picu Bhairavī;
2. Tantra Bhairavī;
3. Tata;
4. Brāhmī Kalā;
5. Vijayā;
6. Candrā;
7. Maṅgalā;
8. Sarvamaṅgalā;

V Cakrāṣṭaka:

1. Mantracakra;
2. Varṇacakra;
3. Śakticakra;
4. Kalācakra;
5. Binducakra;
6. Nādacakra;
7. Guhyacakra;
8. Khacakra;

VI Bāhurūpa:

1. Andhaka;
2. Rurubheda;
3. Aja;
4. Mūla;
5. Varṇabhaṇṭha;
6. Viḍaṅga;
7. Mātṛrodana;
8. Jvālin;

VII Vagīśa:

1. Bhairavī;
2. Citrikā;
3. Haṃsā;
4. Kadambikā;
5. Hṛllekhā;
6. Candralekhā;
7. Vidyullekhā;
8. Vidyumat;

VIII Śikhāṣṭaka:

1. Bhairavī Śikhā;
2. Vīṇā;
3. Vīṇāmaṇi;
4. Sammoha;
5. Ḍāmara;
6. Atharvaka;
7. Kabandha;
8. Śiraścheda;

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