Tripura Rahasya

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Tripura Rahasya is a revered Sanskrit spiritual text of Advaita Vedanta and Shakta tradition that expounds the mystical teachings and worship of the goddess Tripura Sundari.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Advaita Vedanta text
Hindu scripture
Sanskrit text
Shakta scripture
associatedConcept Brahman (absolute reality) NERFINISHED
Guru-disciple relationship
Jivanmukti (liberation while living) NERFINISHED
Maya (illusion)
Shakti (divine power) NERFINISHED
Turya (the fourth state of consciousness) NERFINISHED
associatedWithDeity Lalita Tripurasundari NERFINISHED
Tripura Sundari NERFINISHED
cosmologyFocus Tripura (three cities or three states of consciousness)
describes the goddess as the substratum of all states
three states of waking, dream, and deep sleep
emphasizes detachment from worldly appearances
discrimination between the real and the unreal
inner realization of the goddess as one’s own Self
non-dual devotion (advaita bhakti)
focusesOn direct experiential knowledge rather than mere ritualism
genre devotional text
philosophical scripture
spiritual treatise
influenced later Shakta Advaita interpretations
language Sanskrit
philosophicalSchool Advaita Vedanta NERFINISHED
primaryTheme mystical knowledge (rahasya)
nature of consciousness
non-dual realization of the Self
unity of Shiva and Shakti
worship of the goddess Tripura
regardedAs esoteric scripture
secret teaching of Tripura
regionOfOrigin Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED
religiousCategory Shakta Tantra scripture
Tantric text
religiousTradition Hinduism
script Devanagari NERFINISHED
teaches identity of individual self and absolute reality
inner worship over external ritual
methods of meditation on Tripura Sundari
supremacy of consciousness over matter
titleMeaning “The Secret of Tripura” NERFINISHED
tradition Shakta NERFINISHED
Sri Vidya NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Shakta traditions of India
Sri Vidya upasana lineages NERFINISHED
worshipAspectOfDeity Tripura as the threefold power of consciousness

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Srikula scripturalBasis Tripura Rahasya
Tripura Sundari textualSource Tripura Rahasya