Utpaladeva

Contents Preface V 1 Imortance of Utpaladeva: An Introduction 1 2 Visam apy amrtayate… Paramadvaita in the Mystical Hymns of the Sivastotravali 14 3 Detonating or Defusing Desire: From Utpaladeva's Ecstatic Aesthetics to Abhinavagupta's Art Theory 31 4 New Fragments of the Isvarapratyabhijna-vivrti 77 5 Utpala's Insights into Aesthetics and His Impact on Abhinavagupta's Aesthetic Speculation 102 6 Some Hitherto Unkown Fragments of Utpaladeva's Vivrti (I): On the Buddhist Controversy Over the Existence of Other Conscious Streams 224 7 Utpaladeva's Proof of God: On the Purpse of the Isvarasiddhi 257 8 Alamkaras in the Stotras of Utpaladeva 341 9 The Twelve Kalis and Utpaladeva's Appraisal of the Sensory Experience 352 Appendices I Studies on Utpalaadeva's Isvarapratyabhijna-Vivrti 370 Part: I Anupalabdhiand Apoha in a SAIVA Garb II Studies on Utpaladeva's Isvarapratyabhijna-Vivrti 404 Part II: What is Memory Contributors 441 Index 444