Trika Ma??ala Prakasa: Illuminating the mandalas of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka

ISBN: 1763555313

Author: de Vietri, Christian

Condition: New

Written and illustrated by the artist Christian de Vietri, Trika Ma??ala Prakasa is the first comprehensive presentation of all Trika mandala designs described by the great Kashmiri theologian Abhinavagupta in his tenth-century magnum opus, the Tantraloka. Each meticulously translated and decoded configuration is elegantly displayed verse-by-verse in full colour with precise measurements. The 430 images that make up this unique large-format work of art and scholarship are contained within a textual exposition that situates them historically, philosophically, and spiritually while providing context for their contemporary application.?A most significant contribution not only to the scholarship and practice of Trika and Silpa traditions but also to research on the interplay between form and awareness in consciousness science.? ~ Subhash Kak