Pratyabhijñā or Pratyabhigyā[1] (Sanskrit: प्रत्यभिज्ञा, romanized: pratyabhijñā, lit. 're-cognition') is an idealistic, monistic, and theistic school of philosophy in Kashmir Shaivism which originated in the ninth century CE. The term Trika was used by Abhinavagupta to represent the whole of Kashmir Shaivism, or to designate the Pratyabhijñā system.[2]
The name of the system is derived from its most famous work, Īśvara-pratyabhijñā-kārikā by Utpaladeva.[3]: 254 Etymologically, pratyabhijñā is formed from prati- ("re-") + abhi- ("closely") + *jñā ("to know"), so the meaning is "direct knowledge of one's self," "recognition."[4]: 117
The central thesis of this philosophy is that everything is absolute consciousness, termed Śiva, and it is possible to "re-cognise" this fundamental reality and be freed from limitations, identified with Śiva and immersed in bliss.[5] Thus, the slave (paśu: the human condition) shakes off the fetters (pāśa) and becomes the master (pati: the divine condition).[3]: 254
^Lalla, the prophetess (1924). The Word of Lalla the Prophetess, being the Sayings of Lal Ded or Lal Diddi of Kashmir. CUP Archive.
^Carl Olson, The Many Colors of Hinduism, Rutgers University Press, 2007, page 237
^ abS. Kapoor. The Philosophy of Saivism. Vol. 1.
^Jaideva Singh (1982). Pratyabhijñāhrdayam. ISBN 8120803221.
^The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism – S.Shankarananda, p. 45
Pratyabhijñā or Pratyabhigyā (Sanskrit: प्रत्यभिज्ञा, romanized: pratyabhijñā, lit. 're-cognition') is an idealistic, monistic, and theistic school of...
Defining features of the Trika tradition are its idealistic and monistic Pratyabhijna ("Recognition") philosophical system, propounded by Utpaladeva (c. 925–975...
and taught him all the schools of monistic thought: Krama, Trika, and Pratyabhijña (except Kula).: 54 Śambhunātha taught him the fourth school (Ardha-trayambaka)...
remembered as the first perceptor of the Pratyabhijna school. He defined the theoretical aspects of Pratyabhijna in his main work Sivadristi. His son, Utpaladeva...
Kashmir. He belonged to the Trika Shaiva tradition and is a thinker of the Pratyabhijñā school of monistic idealism. His Īśvarapratyabhijñā-Kārikā (IPK, Verses...
Charvaka etc. as well as other schools such as Raseswera, Paninya, Pratyabhijna, Pasupata Shaivism, Shaivism etc. Indian thought has been concerned with...
philosopher Rajanaka Kṣemarāja. The text elucidates the main tenets of the pratyabhijñā system in a succinct set of sutras, expounding the core of the philosophy...
Pratyabhijnahridayam, a work in which Kṣemarāja brings the main tenets of the Pratyabhijna system into a succinct set of sutras for those who may not have studied...
Munshiram Manoharlal, 2003, ISBN 8121510872. Tagare, G. V. (2002). The Pratyabhijñā Philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-8120818927. Tattwananda, Swami...
Examples of such schools include: Pāśupata Śaiva, Śaiva siddhānta, Pratyabhijña, Raseśvara and Vaiṣṇava. Some sub-schools share Tantric ideas with those...
work Dhvanyaloka ("aesthetic suggestion"), as well as the tenets of the Pratyabhijna philosophy of Kashmir. According to Abhinavagupta, the aesthetic experience...
Polychotomous key Possible world Posthegemony Power Prakriti Purusha Pratyabhijna Praxis Presupposition Primum non nocere Principle Principle of double...
Abhinavagupta and 11th century Kshemaraja, particularly the scholars of the Pratyabhijna, Spanda and Kashmiri Shaivism schools of theologians. The Vedas and Upanishads...
of the first defenses of idealism, such as in Vedanta and in Shaiva Pratyabhijña thought. These systems of thought argue for an all-pervading consciousness...
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