Abhinavagupta works manuscript collection
South Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Abhinavagupta works manuscript collection is cataloged as a Textual corpus / teaching within South Asian Traditions. Its candidate country context is “India” and its period or origin is “Works of Abhinavagupta (940–1015 CE in the cited record); the UNESCO dossier describes 248 manuscripts representing about forty-one works and records 2023 registration.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Kashmir Shaiva, Trika, aesthetic, and devotional textual traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Abhinavagupta manuscript collection; Collection of Manuscripts of Abhinavagupta’s Works; Abhinavagupta granthas
- Parent tradition
- Kashmir Shaiva, Trika, aesthetic, and devotional textual traditions
- Public geographic context
- India
- Period / origin
- Works of Abhinavagupta (940–1015 CE in the cited record); the UNESCO dossier describes 248 manuscripts representing about forty-one works and records 2023 registration
- Living / historical status
- Extant multi-repository manuscript collection with current scholarly stewardship
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateIndia
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Abhinavagupta works manuscript collection. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 3697. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/3697
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