Kashmir Shaivaism (Suny Series in Cultural Perspectives) (Suny Cultural Perspectives) - Softcover

Chatterji, J. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088706180X ISBN 13: 9780887061806

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1986

Synopsis

J. C. Chatterji’s book is a brief introduction to the nature of ultimate reality and the manifestation of the universe according to the Trika System. It also covers, briefly, the history of this advaita Shaiva philosophy of Kashmir. First published in 1914 as the first book in “The Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies,” it is still the clearest introduction to the Tattvas of the Trika.

Since the lower twenty-five of the thirty-six Trika Tattvas represent the entire universe from the Samkhya point of view, here also is a very clear exposition of the Samkhya Tattvas. The only difference is that, while the Purusha and the Prakriti are the final realities for Samkhya, they are but derivatives according to the Trika, which, carrying the analysis further, recognizes eleven additional Tattvas above the Purusha.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 088706180X
• ISBN 13: 9780887061806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200