The Puzzle of Playful Matters in Non-Dual Śaivism and Sāṃkhya: Reviving Prakṛti in the Sāṃkhya Kārikā through Goethean Organics

Abhinavagupta is widely viewed to be a cautious, perceptive, and sympathetic reader (even of his opponents), with some researchers even celebrating him as a pre-modern intellectual historian. But scholars all too often underestimate how and why Abhinava misreads many of his rivals. Abhinava’s treatm...

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Autor principal: Ashton, Geoffrey (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
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Publicado em: MDPI [2020]
Em: Religions
Ano: 2020, Volume: 11, Número: 3
Outras palavras-chave:B Kashmir Śaivism
B satkāryavāda
B abhivyakti
B vyaktaprakṛti
B Sankhya
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