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  2. As guru, he had a profound influence in the structure of Tantrāloka [ 25 ] and in the life of its creator, Abhinavagupta. [ 2 ]: 44–54. As many as twelve more of his principal teachers are enumerated by name but without details. [ 2 ]: 35, 54 It is believed that Abhinavagupta had more secondary teachers.

  3. ABHINAVAGUPTA (924-1020 CE)* was an illustrious Spiritual Master who injected new meaning into the Shaiva Philosophy, which 1,000 years later became more popularly known as Kashmir Shaivism.

  4. Dec 23, 2015 · 1000 years ago today, Abhinava Gupta sent pen to paper for the last time, completing his last great work, a multivolume commentary on the most profound and erudite philosophical text in Indian history (the Stanzas on the Recognition of the Divine).

  5. Mar 1, 2016 · Abhinavagupta was a Kashmiri Saiva philosopher, who lived in 1000 AD, exactly a millennium ago. He was one of the world’s greatest philosophers and literary critics, and a mystic and aesthetician par excellence. His contribution to Indian philosophy, literature, drama and performing art is immense.

    • Kashmir Has Always Been A Part of India
    • Literary Works and Philosophical Contribution of Abhinav Gupta
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    Geographically, there can be no doubt that Kashmir was always a part of India: today’s Indian subcontinent was created by the collision of the fast-travelling Indian plate with the Eurasian plate 10 million years ago (see Figure 1). This event led to the formation of the Himalayas which mark the northern boundary of this geographical plate. Kashmir...

    Abhinava Gupta was a precocious student at school. His father taught him grammar. He studied the Shaiva Agamas from the son of Bhutiraja and Laxman Gupta. He also learnt Natyashastra from Bhatt Tauta and Tantra from Shambhu Nath. We do not have many biographical details of Abhinava but his numerous works and the references to him in the works of ot...

    Such is the cultural heritage of Kashmir in the 11th–12th century AD, championed by the highly influential Abhinav Gupta who had received the royal patronage in Kashmir. The real question that should have been asked by that professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University should have been as follows:How has the enlightened Kashmir of Abhinav Gupta’s time...

  6. Abhinavagupta is widely acknowledged as the foremost exponent of the school of Kashmir Shaivism in India.

  7. Jan 21, 2017 · Abhinavagupta — and the loss of India’s intellectual and cultural integrity. It was the confluence of all the crosscurrents of Indian spirituality, Vedic, Buddhist, Tantric, Yogic, devotional, and philosophical. Reported By: | Edited By: Makarand R Paranjape |Source: DNA |Updated: Jan 21, 2017, 08:10 AM IST.