The teachings of the odd-eyed one : a study and translation of the Virūpākṣapañcāśikā, with the commentary of Vidyācakravartin /

The teachings of the odd-eyed one : a study and translation of the Virūpākṣapañcāśikā, with the commentary of Vidyācakravartin /

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Author / Creator:	Lawrence, David Peter, 1959-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Description:	xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Hindu studies SUNY series in Hindu studies.
Subject:	Virūpākṣanāthapāda. -- Virūpākṣapañcāśikā Kashmir Śaivism -- Doctrines. Kashmir Śaivism -- Doctrines.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11939058

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Other uniform titles:	Virūpākṣanāthapāda. Virūpākṣapañcāśikā. English. Vidyācakravartin. Virūpākṣapañcāśikāvivr̥ti. English.
ISBN:	9780791475539 0791475530 9780791475546 0791475549
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-183) and index.
Summary:	"This book offers the first published translation of the contemplative manual Virupaksapancasika, written circa the twelfth century CE, and the commentary on it, Vivrti by Vidyacakravartin. These late works from the Pratyabhijna tradition of monistic and tantric Kashmiri Saiva philosophy focus on means to deindividualize and disclose the primordial, divine essential natures of the human ego and body-sense." "David Peter Lawrence situates these writings in their medieval, South Asian religious and intellectual contexts. He goes on to engage Pratyabhijna philosophical psychology in dialogue with Western religious and psychoanalytic conceptions of identity and. "narcissism," and also demonstrates the Saiva tradition's strong concern with ethics. The richly annotated translation and glossary illuminate the texts for all readers."--Jacket.

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Call Number:	BL1281.1547 .V5835 2008
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