Email this article The Exegesis of Kṣemarāja on the Vijñānabhairava-tantra: Observations on the Śiva-Devī Tantric Dialogue
- Authors: Ivanov V.P.1
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- Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS
- Issue: Vol 1, No 1 (2015)
- Pages: 48-56
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2410-0145/article/view/25766
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/wmo25766-
- ID: 25766
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The paper presents some observations on the nature of the Devī-Śiva dialogue in the famous Vijñānabhairava-tantra based on the interpretation of it given by K ùemarāja in the extant portion of his Uddyota commentary on the text, especially in the initial passages of that commentary. K ùemarāja interprets the traditional tantric dialogical form as a mystery of Parā, the Supreme Speech-Goddess, in which She generates the process of ‘bringing down’ the sacred text-the tantra-thus embodying the highest truth about the Supreme. The paper contains translations of some important places in K ùemarāja’s commentary that have not been thoroughly studied yet.
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Vladimir P. Ivanov
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS
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Russian Federation
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