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Principle of Shakti in Kashmir Shaivism (Study)

by Nirmala V. | 2016 | 65,229 words

Hinduism Shaktism Shaivism

Summary: The thesis explores the evolution and role of Shakti鈥攖he feminine principle鈥攚ithin the religious and philosophical framework of Kashmir Shaivism. Tantrism represents an ancient Indian spiritual system that has been interpreted and misinterpreted over time, with Shakti traditionally holding a prominent role. This study examines four major sub-streams: Kula, Krama, Spanda, and Pratyabhijn膩, revealing that 艢akti began as a central divine figure but gradually shifted to a subordinate role.

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Chapter 1 - Introductory Remarks

+ Chapter 2 - The form and functions of 艢akti in Kashmir 艢aivism

. Part 1 - Origin of 艢akti (Introduction)

. Part 1.1 - The Conceptual Origin of 艢akti

. Part 1.2 - 艢akti: The Connotative Deliberations

. Part 1.3 - 艢akti in Classical Systems of Indian Philosophy

. Part 2 - 艢akti in Kashmir 艢aivism (Introduction)

. Part 2.1 - The Metaphysical Motifs of 艢akti

. Part 2.2 - Branching out of 艢aktis-Modes of Differentiation

. Part 2.3 - Pentadic and Triadic forms of 艢akti

. Part 2.4 - Cit and 膧nanda: Consciousness and Bliss as Powers

. Part 2.5 - Icch膩艣akti: The Power of Unwavering Potency

. Part 2.6 - The Actuality of Icch膩

. Part 2.7 - Aunmukhya: The Preceding State of Icch膩

. Part 2.8 - J帽膩na and Kriy膩: The Powers with Mutual Interdependence

. Part 2.9 - The Essential Nature of J帽膩na艣akti

. Part 2.10 - The Theory of Erroneous Cognition

. Part 2.11 - Sm峁泃i and Apohana: The Sub-variants of J帽膩na艣akti

. Part 2.12 - Kriy膩艣akti: The Power of Action

. Part 2.13 - The Powers of Time and Creation: Bifurcation of Kriy膩艣akti

+ Chapter 3 - Evolution of 艢akti in Kashmir 艢aivism

. Part 1 - Kula: The Earliest 艢akti-oriented School of Kashmir 艢aivism

. Part 2 - Metaphysical Framework of Kula System

. Part 3 - Khecaratva: an Archetype of the Concept of Freedom

. Part 4 - Audial and Visual Identities of 艢akti

. Part 5 - Krama: A Soteriological Emergent of Kula

. Part 6 - The Concept of 艢akticakra and Twelve K膩l墨s

. Part 7 - Spanda: The Doctrine of Visible 艢aiva Inclination

. Part 8 - 艢膩kta Nature: The Inherent Unconscious of Spanda

. Part 9 - Re-presenting 鈥榁ibrating Consciousness鈥� as 鈥榁ibration of Consciousness鈥�

. Part 10 - Pratyabhij帽膩: the Realistic Idealism of Kashmir

. Part 11 - 艢akti as the Overarching Nature of 艢iva

. Part 12 - 艢akti as Identical with 艢iva

. Part 13 - 艢iva鈥檚 Transcendence over 艢akti

+ Chapter 4 - Causes of the Evolution

. Part 1 - Post-Scriptural Works and the Degenerated Form of 艢akti

. Part 2 - Representation of Anti-艢膩ktism as Anti-grammarian Perspective

. Part 3 - Emergence of Sa峁卥ara鈥檚 Philosophy of Non-Dualism

. Part 4 - Religious Condition in Early Medieval Kashmir

. Part 5 - Characteristics of Tantra

+ Chapter 5 - Impacts of the Evolution

. Part 1.1 - Rudra艣aktisam膩ve艣a in Early 艢膩kta-tantras

. Part 1.2 - Up膩yas and Siddhis in Dev墨pa帽ca艣atik膩

. Part 2.1 - Akula鈥擳he Supreme Self

. Part 2.2 - Bhairava: The All-Transcending Quintessence

. Part 2.3 - H峁沝aya: the Primal Aspect

. Part 2.4 - Anuttara: The Unsurpassable Ultimate

. Part 2.5 - New Treatises of De-艢aktised Thoughts

. Part 2.6 - New Schools

. Part 2.7(a) - The S膩hasa Sub-variant of Krama

. Part 2.7(b) - The Chumm膩 Sub-variant of Krama

. Part 3.1 - The Process of Synthesis

. Part 3.2 - Kula, Krama and Trika: Renovated Expressions

. Part 3.3 - Khecar墨鈥擳he Concept Common to Kula and Krama in the Later Time

. Part 3.4 - Krama as the Attribute of 艢膩ktop膩ya

. Part 3.5 - The Pentadic Tendency of Krama

. Part 3.6 - Contemporary Attitudes

+ Chapter 6 - Social and Philosophical implications of 艢akti in Kashmir 艢aivism

. Part 1 - 艢aktip膩ta: The Dissention of Power

. Part 2 - 艢aktispar艣a: The Touch of 艢akti

. Part 3 - Sam膩ve艣a: The Immersion of 艢akti

. Part 4 - The concept of Ku峁囜笉alin墨

. Part 5 - Philosophical Implications

. Part 6 - The Categorization of the Universal Creation

. Part 7 - M膩y膩 and its Five Products

. Part 8 - Cosmology, Ontology and Soteriology in terms of 艢akti

. Part 9 - Aesthetic and Linguistic Modes of 艢akty膩vi峁ara峁嘺

Chapter 7 - Conclusion

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