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'''''Tantrāloka''''' ({{lang-sa|तन्त्रालोक|translit=tantrāloka|lit=Elucidation of Tantra}}) is the masterwork of [[Abhinavagupta]], a writer and philosopher of the [[Kashmir Shaivism]] school of [[Hindu philosophy]].<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
The work contains the synthesis of the 64 monistic ''[[Āgama (Hinduism)|āgamas]]'' and the different schools of [[tantra]]. It discussed both ritualistic and philosophic aspects in 37 chapters; the first chapter contains the essential teachings in condensed form. On account of its size and scope it is considered an encyclopedia of the nondual school of [[Hindu tantra]].<br />
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''Tantrāloka'' was written in the 10th century and, after Kashmir Shaivism all but disappeared, it was rediscovered in old manuscripts towards the end of the 19th century. <br />
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Its only complete translation into a European language to-date – Italian – is credited to [[Raniero Gnoli]], now at its second edition.<ref>Luce dei Tantra, Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta, Raniero Gnoli, 1999</ref> The esoteric chapter 29 on the Kaula ritual was translated in English together with ''Jayaratha'''s commentary by John R. Dupuche.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dupuche|first=John R|title=The Kula Ritual as Elaborated in Chapter 29 of the Tantrāloka of Abhinavagupta.}}</ref> <br />
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A complex study on the context, authors, contents and references of ''Tantrāloka'' was published by Navjivan Rastogi, Prof. of the Lucknow University.<ref>Introduction to the Tantrāloka, Navjivan Rastogi</ref> Though there are no English translations of ''Tantrāloka'' to date, the last recognized master of the oral tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, [[Swami Lakshman Joo]], gave a condensed version of the key philosophical chapters of ''Tantrāloka'' in his book, ''Kashmir Shaivism – The Secret Supreme''.<ref>Kashmir Shaivism – ''The Secret Supreme'', ed, John Hughes, SUNY press, 1985.</ref> <br />
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* {{cite book |title=The Tantrāloka of Abhinava Gupta |others=Commentary by Rājānaka Jayaratha |editor=Mukund Rām Shāstrī |volume=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/TantralokaI |location=Allahabad |publisher=Indian Press |year=1918 }}<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Tantrāloka : with the commentary of Jayaratha / 1 Introduction |last=Abhinavagupta |date=1987 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |last2=Dvivedī |first2=Rāmacandra |last3=Rastogī |first3=Navajīvana |isbn=8120802411 |location=Delhi |oclc=165479173}}<br />
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