Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā

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Sanskrit philosophical treatise Shaiva scripture foundational text of Kashmir Shaivism metaphysical work non-dualistic philosophical text

Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā is a foundational Sanskrit philosophical treatise of the non-dual Kashmir Shaivism tradition, expounding the doctrine of recognizing one’s identity with the supreme Lord (Īśvara).

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Label	Occurrences
Īśvarapratyabhijñā	2
Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā canonical	2
Pratyabhijñā treatises	1
Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vimarśinī	1
Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivṛti	1

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Target entity: Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā
Context triple: [Utpaladeva, notableWork, Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā]

A. Tattva Prakasika
Tattva Prakasika is a traditional philosophical commentary in the Dvaita Vedanta school that elaborates and clarifies key metaphysical doctrines.
B. Vedartha Sangraha
Vedartha Sangraha is a foundational Vedantic treatise by the philosopher-theologian Ramanujacharya that systematically presents and defends the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) interpretation of the Upanishads.
C. Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
D. Kāśikā-vṛtti
Kāśikā-vṛtti is a renowned classical Sanskrit commentary that systematically explains and interprets Pāṇini’s grammatical treatise, the Aṣṭādhyāyī.
E. Samkhyakarika
Samkhyakarika is an early foundational text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, presenting its dualistic metaphysics and theory of liberation in concise verse form.
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: Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā
Target entity description: Īśvarapratyabhijñā-kārikā is a foundational Sanskrit philosophical treatise of the non-dual Kashmir Shaivism tradition, expounding the doctrine of recognizing one’s identity with the supreme Lord (Īśvara).

A. Tattva Prakasika
Tattva Prakasika is a traditional philosophical commentary in the Dvaita Vedanta school that elaborates and clarifies key metaphysical doctrines.
B. Vedartha Sangraha
Vedartha Sangraha is a foundational Vedantic treatise by the philosopher-theologian Ramanujacharya that systematically presents and defends the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) interpretation of the Upanishads.
C. Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
D. Kāśikā-vṛtti
Kāśikā-vṛtti is a renowned classical Sanskrit commentary that systematically explains and interprets Pāṇini’s grammatical treatise, the Aṣṭādhyāyī.
E. Samkhyakarika
Samkhyakarika is an early foundational text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, presenting its dualistic metaphysics and theory of liberation in concise verse form.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sanskrit philosophical treatise ⓘ Shaiva scripture ⓘ foundational text of Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ metaphysical work ⓘ non-dualistic philosophical text ⓘ
aim	to demonstrate that the individual self is identical with the supreme Lord ⓘ to refute dualistic and Buddhist positions ⓘ
associatedDeity	Śiva ⓘ linked to: Shiva
associatedTradition	Trika Shaivism ⓘ linked to: Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism
author	Utpaladeva ⓘ
centralDoctrine	non-dual Shaivism ⓘ linked to: Kashmir Shaivism recognition of one’s identity with Īśvara ⓘ
commentaryBy	Abhinavagupta ⓘ
doctrineType	idealistic monism ⓘ
field	Indian philosophy ⓘ Shaiva theology ⓘ religious metaphysics ⓘ
genre	kārikā (versified aphorisms) ⓘ
influenced	Abhinavagupta ⓘ Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vimarśinī ⓘ linked to: Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivṛti-vimarśinī Īśvarapratyabhijñā-vivṛti-vimarśinī ⓘ
influencedBy	earlier Trika Shaivism ⓘ Śaiva Āgamas ⓘ
keyConcept	cit (consciousness) ⓘ pratyabhijñā (recognition) ⓘ spanda (vibration of consciousness) ⓘ svātantrya (absolute freedom of the Lord) ⓘ vimarśa (self-reflective awareness) ⓘ ābhāsa (manifestation/appearance) ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	all reality is the manifestation of a single conscious Lord ⓘ bondage is due to ignorance of one’s true nature ⓘ liberation is recognition of one’s identity with Īśvara ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Pratyabhijñā school ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Kashmir ⓘ
relatedConcept	ātman–Brahman identity (in comparison with Advaita Vedānta) ⓘ
religiousContext	Hinduism ⓘ
religiousPhilosophy	non-dual theism ⓘ
scripturalStatus	authoritative text in Pratyabhijñā Shaivism ⓘ
structure	composed in metrical verses ⓘ
subject	epistemology ⓘ metaphysics of consciousness ⓘ nature of the supreme Lord ⓘ ontology ⓘ
timePeriod	early medieval India ⓘ
tradition	Kashmir Shaivism ⓘ

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