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Notes on the Śivadṛṣṭi by Somānanda and its Commentary

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A somewhat problematic book has recently been devoted to one of the most fascinating (and neglected) works of Kashmirian Śaiva Advaita: the Śivadṛṣṭi by Somānanda. This furnishes the occasion for further reflection on the textual transmission and interpretation of several passages of the Śivadṛṣṭi and the only extant commentary upon it, the insightful Padasaṃgati by Utpaladeva, unfortunately covering only the first three āhnikas and a part of the fourth. This important text (along with its commentary), the first philosophical presentation of non-dual Śaivism and foundation stone of the Pratyabhijñā school, still awaits a fully reliable edition and translation.

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Texts

  • Abhinavagupta, Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī, edited by Mukund Rām Shastri, vols. I–II, KSTS 22 33, Bombay 1918–1921.

  • Somānanda, Śivadṛṣṭi with Vṛtti by Utpaladeva, ed. Pandit Madhusudan Kaul Shastri, KSTS 54, Srinagar 1934.

Translations and Studies

  • Nemec, J. (2011). The Ubiquitous Śiva: Somānanda’s Śivadṛṣṭi and his Tantric Intelocutors, AAR Religion in Translation. New York: Oxford University Press.

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  • Torella, R. (2008). From an adversary to the main ally: The place of Bhartṛhari in the Kashmirian Shaiva Advaita. In M. Kaul & A. Aklujkar (Eds.), Linguistic traditions of Kashmir: Essays in memory of Pandit Dinanath Yaksh (pp. 508–524). New Delhi: D.K. Printworld.

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  1. Istituto Italiano di Studi Orientali, Sapienza Università di Roma, via Principe Amedeo 182b, 00185, Rome, Italy

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Torella, R. Notes on the Śivadṛṣṭi by Somānanda and its Commentary. J Indian Philos 42, 551–601 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-014-9226-7

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