Gītārthasaṅgraha

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Gītārthasaṅgraha is a philosophical commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā by the Kashmiri polymath Abhinavagupta, presenting the text from a non-dual Śaiva perspective.

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instanceOf Hindu religious text commentary
Sanskrit text
commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā
philosophical commentary
aim to interpret the Bhagavad Gītā from a non-dual Śaiva standpoint
to reconcile Gītā teaching with Kashmir Śaiva doctrine
associatedWith Kashmir Shaivism
surface form: Kashmir Śaivism

Kashmir Shaivism
surface form: Trika Śaivism
author Abhinavagupta
centralTheme identity of individual self with Śiva
non-duality of consciousness
reinterpretation of karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga and bhakti-yoga in Śaiva terms
commentaryOn Bhagavad Gita
surface form: Bhagavad Gītā
culturalContext Kashmiri intellectual tradition
doctrine ultimate reality as Śiva
world as manifestation of Śiva’s consciousness
influencedBy Pratyabhijñā school
Kashmir Shaivism
surface form: Trika philosophy

non-dual Śaiva metaphysics
Śaiva Āgamas
language Sanskrit
philosophicalOrientation non-dualism
philosophicalSchool Kashmir Shaivism
surface form: non-dual Śaivism
region Kashmir
relatedWork Bhagavad Gita
surface form: Bhagavad Gītā

Bhagavad Gītā commentarial tradition
Tantrāloka
religiousPerspective Shaivism
surface form: Śaiva
religiousTradition Hinduism
scripturalBase Bhagavad Gita
surface form: Bhagavad Gītā
scripturalGenre Gītā commentary
status important Śaiva commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā
studiedIn Hindu philosophy
Indology
Śaiva studies
subject Bhagavad Gītā exegesis
liberation (mokṣa)
metaphysics
non-dual Śaiva theology
yoga
Śaiva interpretation of the Bhagavad Gītā
timePeriod medieval India
typeOfInterpretation theological-philosophical commentary
usesScript Devanagari script
surface form: Devanāgarī (in most modern editions)

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Abhinavagupta notableWork Gītārthasaṅgraha