Tantrāloka (Sanskrit तन्त्रालोक ) "Light on Tantra" is the masterwork of Abhinavagupta, who was the most revered Kashmir Shaivism master, on Tantra

Subject

On account of its size and scope it is a veritable encyclopedia of nondual Tantra, a treasure text containing the synthesis of the 64 monistic āgamas and all the schools of Tantra

Chapters

The work contains both ritualistic and philosophic aspects, spanning over 37 chapters. The first chapter contains all the essential teachings in condensed form.

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Translation

- Sri Tantralokah Book 1, translated by Gautam Chatterjee https://archive.org/details/SriTantralokahGauthamChatterji/

- Sri Tantralokah Book 2–4, translated by Gautam Chatterjee https://archive.org/details/SriTantralokahGauthamChatterji24

- Sri Tantralokah Book 29, Kula ritual, translated by John Dupuche https://archive.org/details/AbhinavaKulaRitual/

Notes

Sources

• Mukund Rām Shāstrī, ed. (1918). The Tantrāloka of Abhinava Gupta. Vol. 1. Commentary by Rājānaka Jayaratha. Allahabad: Indian Press.
• Abhinavagupta; Dvivedī, Rāmacandra; Rastogī, Navajīvana (1987). Tantrāloka : with the commentary of Jayaratha / 1 Introduction. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 8120802411. OCLC 165479173.