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)
linked to: Brahman

Guru-disciple relationship
Jivanmukti (liberation while living)
Maya (illusion)
Shakti (divine power)
Turya (the fourth state of consciousness)
linked to: Turiya
associatedWithDeity Lalita Tripurasundari
Tripura Sundari
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
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
linked to: South Asia
religiousCategory Shakta Tantra scripture
Tantric text
religiousTradition Hinduism
script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
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”
linked to: Tripura Rahasya
tradition Shakta
linked to: Shaktas

Sri Vidya
veneratedIn Shakta traditions of India
Sri Vidya upasana lineages
linked to: Sri Vidya
worshipAspectOfDeity Tripura as the threefold power of consciousness

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Tripura Sundari textualSource Tripura Rahasya
Srikula scripturalBasis Tripura Rahasya
Sri Vidya scripturalBasis Tripura Rahasya
Lalita Tripurasundari centralText Tripura Rahasya
Tripura Rahasya titleMeaning “The Secret of Tripura”
linked to: Tripura Rahasya
Shodashi centralText Tripura Rahasya
subject linked to: Shodashi (the Sixteen-year-old)
Shakta canon includesText Tripura Rahasya
Bhaskararaya notableWork Varivasyā Rahasya
linked to: Tripura Rahasya
Bhagwan Dattatreya associatedText Tripura Rahasya
Tripura Sundari textMention Tripura Rahasya
subject linked to: Goddess Tripura Sundari