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 Abhinavagupt a pen picture A painting of Abhinavagupta with Swami Ram, Swami Mahatabkak and Swami Lakshmanjoo, Depiction of Abhinavagupta taken from a pen-picture (see verses below). (http://www.abhi  A  b  h  i n a va This website is dedicated to the teachings of Kashmir Shaivism as expounded by the highly revered Shaiva master Abhin given by Swami Lakshmanjoo (1907-1991), a master in t

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Abhinavagupta and the Kashmir Shaiva Lineage. 4 x 4 foot (1,5 x 1,5 m)

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Original painting by Claudia Dose (http://www.claudiadose.com). Prints available upon request

(mailto:[email protected]).

(100% of the proceeds going towards the Universal Shaiva Fellowship

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The following verses are known as the dhyana shlokas, taken from Madhuraja’s ‘Gurunatha

Paramarsha’ .

These verses are a pen-picture of Abhinavagupta (view/download in Sanskrit

(1)

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May the glorious Dakshinamurti  in the form of Abhinava, who is an incarnation of 

Shrikantha (Lord Shiva) and has come to Kashmir out of deep compassion, protectus.

His eyes are rolling with spiritual bliss. The center of his forehead is clearly marked

with three lines made with ashes. His ears look beautiful with Rudraksha. His hairis tied with a garland of flowers. His beard is long, and his body rosy. His neck,black because of its being besmeared with paste of camphor, musk, sandal and

saffron etc. looks splendid. His long sacred thread is left loose. He is dressed insilk-cloth, white like the rays of the moon. In the yogic posture called vira, he issitting on a soft cushion over a throne of gold with a canopy decked with strings of 

pearls, in an open hall full of crystals, beautiful with paintings, smelling extremelysweet on account of garlands of flowers, incense and lamps, perfumed with sandal

etc., constantly resonant with both vocal and instrumental music and dance andcrowded with female ascetics and saints of recognized spiritual power,Abhinavagupta sits resplendent in the center of a garden of grapes.

He is attended by all his pupils, such as Khemaraja etc., who are sitting at his feet

with their minds concentrated, writing down all that he says. His two femaleattendants (Dutis) are standing at His sides, each with a jar full of water distilledfrom grain kept soaked in water for three nights. They have a box full of betels

(tambula) in their right hand, and a fruit of citron and a lotus in their left.

His right hand is wearing a rosary of Rudraksha, and his fingers are in the positionindicative of the grasp of the Ultimate Reality. With the tip of the nail of his lotus

like left hand he is playing on the vina, which is capable of producing the originalmusical sound (nada).

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 Abhinavagupta (Gurunatha) painting is available as limited edition signed print. Contact us

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1. Translation taken from “Abhinavagupta - An Historical & Philosiphical Study ” by K. C. Pandey.

 

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