Shaiva Devotional Songs of Kashmir
(A Translation and Study of Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali)

by Constantina Rhodes Bailly

Published Date:   1994

Publisher:             State University of New York Press, Albany
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Utpaladeva was considered a siddha (a ``perfect being") one of the  masters of the tantric tradition in Kashmir, and he is best known for his philosophical treatises.  The Shivastotravali reflects Utpaladeva's philosophy, known as Pratyabhijna school.  The path that Utpaladeva has chosen does not require leaving one's home and heading for a mountain cave; instead it calls for changing one's view of the world, for leading a life of divine recognition while carrying on with ordinary life.

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