Abhinavagupta, Abhinava-gupta: 7 definitions
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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: Academia.edu: Some Pearls from the Fourth Chapter of Abhinavabh膩rat墨Abhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い) was not a mere N膩峁瓂膩c膩rya (鈥渢eacher of theater鈥�). True to his name, he was a fore-runner of all modern thoughts in performing arts, poetics and philosophy. He was able to do justice to all these faculties of knowledge and leave behind him the products of his phenomenal achievements. All the branches of his wisdom are seen clearly reflected in his commentary on the N膩峁瓂a 艢膩stra .
It is said that the sage who gave the light of true knowledge to Abhinavagupta was 艢ambhun膩tha of Jalandhara (Punjab) belonging to the Tryambaka school of philosophy; his preceptor and grand-preceptor were Soman膩tha and Sumalin膩tha respectively.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismAbhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1020 AD) was one of India's greatest philosophers, mystics and aestheticians. He was also considered an important musician, poet, dramatist, exegete, theologian, and logician 鈥� a polymathic personality who exercised strong influences on Indian culture. Abhinavagupta was strongly influenced by Buddhist logic.
In his long life he completed over 35 works, the largest and most famous of which is 罢补苍迟谤腻濒辞办补, an encyclopedic treatise on all the philosophical and practical aspects of Trika and Kaula (known today as Kashmir Shaivism). Another one of his very important contributions was in the field of philosophy of aesthetics with his famous Abhinavabh膩rat墨 commentary of N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra of Bharata Muni.
Works:
1) 罢补苍迟谤腻濒辞办补; His most important work was 罢补苍迟谤腻濒辞办补, "Lok or Look, here, transliterates into "To throw Light on Tantra", a synthesis of all the Trika system.
2) 罢补苍迟谤补蝉腻谤补 ("Essence of Tantra") is a summarized version, in prose, of 罢补苍迟谤腻濒辞办补, which was once more summarized in Tantroccaya, and finally presented in a very short summary form under the name of Tantrava峁璦dh膩nik膩 鈥� the "Seed of Tantra".
3) Devotional hymns; Abhinavagupta has composed a number of devotional poems:
- 叠辞诲丑补辫补帽肠补诲补艣颈办腻 - "Fifteen Verses on Consciousness";
- 笔补谤补尘腻谤迟丑补肠补谤肠腻 - "Discussion on the Supreme Reality";
- Anubhavanivedana - "Tribute of the Inner Experience";
- 础苍耻迟迟补谤腻峁ａ弓颈办腻 - "Eight Verses on Anuttara";
- Krama-stotra - an hymn, different from the fundamental text of the Krama school;
- Bhairava-stava - "Hymn to Bhairava";
- 顿别丑补蝉迟丑补诲别惫补迟腻肠补办谤补-蝉迟辞迟谤补 - "Hymn to the Wheel of Divinities that Live in the Body";
- 笔补谤补尘腻谤迟丑补诲惫腻诲补艣颈办腻 - "Twelve Verses on the Supreme Reality" and
- 惭补丑辞辫补诲别艣补-惫颈峁兣沘迟颈办腻 - "Twenty Verses on the Great Teaching".
- Another poem 艢颈惫补艣补办迟测补惫颈苍腻产丑腻惫补-蝉迟辞迟谤补 - "Hymn on the Inseparability of Shiva and Shakti" was lost.
4) Philosophical works;
- 莫艣惫补谤补辫谤补迟测补产丑颈箩帽腻-惫颈尘补谤艣颈苍颈 ("Commentary to the Verses on the Recognition of the Lord")
- and 莫艣惫补谤补辫谤补迟测补产丑颈箩帽腻-惫颈惫峁泃颈-惫颈尘补谤艣颈苍颈 ("Commentary on the explanation of 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩").
- 艢颈惫补诲峁涐梗迟测腻-濒辞肠补苍补 ("Light on 艢ivad峁涐梗峁璱") (Another commentary on a Pratyabhij帽a work 鈥� is now lost.)
- 笔补诲腻谤迟丑补辫谤补惫别艣补-苍颈谤峁嘺测补-峁玨腻 and 笔谤补办墨谤峁噆补惫颈惫补谤补峁嘺 ("Comment on the Notebook") referring to the third chapter of V膩kyapad墨ya of Bhartrihari. (Another lost commentary)
- 碍补迟丑腻尘耻办丑补-迟颈濒补办补 ("Ornament of the Face of Discourses")
- and 叠丑别诲补惫腻诲补-惫颈诲腻谤补峁嘺 ("Confrontation of the Dualist Thesis").
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い).鈥擭ame of a wellknown author.
Derivable forms: 补产丑颈苍补惫补驳耻辫迟补岣� (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い啶�).
Abhinavagupta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhinava and gupta (啶椸啶啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Abhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攆rom K膩艣m墨r, son of Cukhala, grandson of Var膩hagupta, brother of Manorathagupta, disciple of Utpaladeva, Indur膩ja and Tauta, pra艣i峁a of Som膩nanda, guru of K峁mar膩ja. In the 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩vimar艣in墨 he quotes Bha峁弓a N膩r膩ya峁嘺, the Vivek膩帽jana of Bha峁弓a Div膩karavatsa, Vidy膩pati, the 艢ivad峁涐梗峁璱s膩ra of Som膩nanda, Sa峁僰峁pavimar艣膩dhiroha. He wrote between 993-1015. He is quoted by Ma峁卥ha Report. Lxiv, by Mamma峁璦 Oxf. 212^a, by M膩dhav膩c膩rya Oxf. 246^b 255^b 258^b, by 艢膩r峁単adeva Oxf. 199^b, 艢p. p. 6, and others: 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩vimar艣in墨, b峁沨at墨 v峁泃ti and laghuv峁泃ti Report. Xxx (composed in 1015). Oudh. Xvi, 124 (莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩h峁沝ayavimar艣in墨). Laghuv峁泃ti Bp. 78. 270. Gha峁璦karparakulakav峁泃ti. Report. Ix. 罢补苍迟谤补蝉腻谤补. Report. Xxix. Bp. 275. 罢补苍迟谤腻濒辞办补. Report. Xxix. W. 1772. Dhvany膩lokalocana or K膩vy膩loka峁玨膩. Io. 1008. K. 100. Report. Xvii. Burnell. 55^a. Lahore. 8. P. 20. Oppert. 2693. Param膩rthasa峁僩raha. Report. Xxx. Param膩rthas膩ra or 膧dh膩nak膩rik膩岣�. Oxf. 238^a. Hall. p. 199. Bp. 269. 270. Param膩rthas膩ra峁玨膩. Oudh. Ix, 22. Par膩tri峁兣沬k膩tattvavivara峁嘺. Report. Xxx. Oudh. Ix, 22. Bimbapratibimbav膩da. Report. Xxx. 叠辞诲丑补辫补帽肠补诲补艣颈办腻. Report. Xxx. Bhagavadg墨t膩rthasa峁僩raha. Report. Xxvii. Cxlvii. Bp. 269. Bhedav膩danad膩ra峁嘺. Quoted in 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩vimar艣in墨. Bhairavastava, composed in 993. Report. Xxxi. 艢膩ktabh膩峁a. Quoted by M膩dhava. Oxf. 258^b. Spanda. Oudh. Xvi, 124.
2) Abhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い):鈥�read K峁mendra instead of Ma峁卥ha. Bhedav膩danad膩ra峁嘺. read 叠丑别诲补惫腻诲补惫颈诲腻谤补峁嘺.
3) Abhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い):鈥攕on of Cukhala: K膩vyakautukavivara峁嘺. Dehasthadevat膩cakrastotra. Beside the works mentioned in the first part, he wrote Kramakeli Kramastotra峁玨膩, Pad膩rthaprave艣anir峁嘺ya峁玨膩, P奴rvapa帽cik膩, 艢ivad峁涐梗峁瓂膩locana. Quoted in Paratri峁兣沬k膩tattvavivara峁嘺, Catal. Io., p. 840.
4) Abhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い):鈥擠ev墨m膩h膩tmya峁玨膩 Guptavat墨.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhinavagupta (啶呧き啶苦え啶掂啷佮お啷嵿い):鈥擺=abhi-nava-gupta] [from abhi-nava] m. Name of a well-known author.
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