Kshemaraja

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11th-century Indian philosopher Kashmiri philosopher Sanskrit scholar Shaiva philosopher commentator

Kshemaraja was an influential 11th-century Kashmiri philosopher and disciple of Abhinavagupta, renowned for his seminal commentaries and systematization of non-dual Kashmir Shaivism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kṣemarāja	2
Kshemaraja canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5133368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kshemaraja
Context triple: [Kashmir Shaivism, majorPhilosopher, Kshemaraja]

A. Dharma-raja
Dharma-raja is a title of the Hindu god Yama in his role as the divine judge who upholds cosmic law and moral order.
B. Kushadhvaja
Kushadhvaja is a figure in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the brother of King Janaka of Mithila and a royal of the Videha dynasty.
C. Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
D. Dharmaputra
Dharmaputra is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his righteousness and adherence to dharma.
E. Devapala
Devapala was a powerful 9th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and patronizing Buddhism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kshemaraja
Target entity description: Kshemaraja was an influential 11th-century Kashmiri philosopher and disciple of Abhinavagupta, renowned for his seminal commentaries and systematization of non-dual Kashmir Shaivism.

A. Dharma-raja
Dharma-raja is a title of the Hindu god Yama in his role as the divine judge who upholds cosmic law and moral order.
B. Kushadhvaja
Kushadhvaja is a figure in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known as the brother of King Janaka of Mithila and a royal of the Videha dynasty.
C. Mularaja
Mularaja was the 10th-century founder of the Chaulukya (Solanki) dynasty in Gujarat, India, known for his patronage of major temples including the famed Somnath Temple.
D. Dharmaputra
Dharmaputra is another name for Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandava prince in the Indian epic Mahabharata, renowned for his righteousness and adherence to dharma.
E. Devapala
Devapala was a powerful 9th-century ruler of the Pala dynasty in eastern India, known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and patronizing Buddhism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	11th-century Indian philosopher ⓘ Kashmiri philosopher ⓘ Sanskrit scholar ⓘ Shaiva philosopher ⓘ commentator ⓘ
associatedWith	Pratyabhijñā school of Kashmir Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	11th century ⓘ
commentaryOn	Netra Tantra NERFINISHED ⓘ Spandakārikā NERFINISHED ⓘ Svacchanda Tantra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vijñānabhairava Tantra NERFINISHED ⓘ Śivasūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ
discipleOf	Abhinavagupta NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	medieval India ⓘ
influencedBy	Abhinavagupta NERFINISHED ⓘ Somānanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Utpaladeva NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	commentaries on key Shaiva scriptures ⓘ popularization of Pratyabhijñā philosophy ⓘ systematization of non-dual Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ
languageOfWork	Sanskrit ⓘ
mainInterest	epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ non-dualism ⓘ tantric theology ⓘ yoga ⓘ
notableWork	Netra-tantra-vivṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Parāprāveśikā NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam NERFINISHED ⓘ Spandanirṇaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Stavacintāmaṇi-vivṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Svacchandatantra-vivṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tattvasandoha NERFINISHED ⓘ Tattvatraya-nirṇaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vijñānabhairavavivṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Śivasūtravimarśinī NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalConcept	Pratyabhijñā (recognition of the Self as Śiva) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanda (vibration of consciousness) NERFINISHED ⓘ non-dual consciousness as ultimate reality ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	non-dual Kashmir Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrder	Trika Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Kashmir Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	systematizer of Trika doctrine ⓘ teacher of non-dual Shaiva practice ⓘ
studentOf	Abhinavagupta NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashmir Shaivism → majorPhilosopher → Kshemaraja ⓘ

Pratyabhijñā school → keyPhilosopher → Kshemaraja ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kṣemarāja

Spanda Karikas → hasCommentaryBy → Kshemaraja ⓘ