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'''Bhatta Kallata''' also referred as '''Kallata''' was a notable 9th-century [[Shaivite]] thinker who may have written the ''Spanda-vritti'', and ''Spanda-karika''.<ref name="Singh2010">{{cite book|author=Lalan Prasad Singh|title=Tantra, Its Mystic and Scientific Basis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pz28mw2zywC&pg=PA9|year=2010|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-640-4|pages=9–}}</ref><ref name="Parmeshwaranand2004">{{cite book|author=Swami Parmeshwaranand|title=Encyclopaedia of the Śaivism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4xIBNmhpXcC&pg=PA32|year=2004|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-427-4|pages=32–}}</ref><ref name="Dyczkowski1992">{{cite book|author=Mark S. G. Dyczkowski|title=The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries: The SpandaSamdoha by Ksemaraja, The SpandaVrtti by Kallatabhatta, The SpandaVivrti by Rajanaka Rama, The SpandaPradipika by Bhagavadutpala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM-y2WBYubcC&pg=PA22|date=1992|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-1261-9|pages=22–}}</ref>
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'''Bhatta Kallata''' also referred as '''Kallata''' was a notable 9th-century [[Kashmiri Shaivism|Kashmiri Shaivite]] thinker who may have written the ''Spanda-vritti'', and ''Spanda-karika''.<ref name="Parmeshwaranand2004">{{cite book|author=Swami Parmeshwaranand|title=Encyclopaedia of the Śaivism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4xIBNmhpXcC&pg=PA32|year=2004|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-427-4|pages=32–}}</ref><ref name="Dyczkowski1992">{{cite book|author=Mark S. G. Dyczkowski|title=The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries: The SpandaSamdoha by Ksemaraja, The SpandaVrtti by Kallatabhatta, The SpandaVivrti by Rajanaka Rama, The SpandaPradipika by Bhagavadutpala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM-y2WBYubcC&pg=PA22|date=1992|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-1261-9|pages=22–}}</ref>


He was a pupil of [[Vasugupta]], another possible author of the ''Spanda-karika''. According to ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (The River of Kings) written in 12th-century CE by [[Kalhana]], he lived during the reign of [[Avanti Varman (Utpala dynasty)|Avanti Varman]] (855-883 CE).<ref name="Chatterji1914">{{cite book|author=Jagadish Chandra Chatterji|title=Kashmir Shaivaism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ErhIBHJEkwC&pg=PA156|year=1914|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-88706-179-0|pages=156–}}</ref>
He was a pupil of [[Vasugupta]], another possible author of the ''Spanda-karika''. According to ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (The River of Kings) written in 12th-century CE by [[Kalhana]], he lived during the reign of [[Avanti Varman (Utpala dynasty)|Avanti Varman]] (855-883 CE).<ref name="Chatterji1914">{{cite book|author=Jagadish Chandra Chatterji|title=Kashmir Shaivaism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ErhIBHJEkwC&pg=PA156|year=1914|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-88706-179-0|pages=156–}}</ref>
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Bhatta Kallata also referred as Kallata was a notable 9th-century Kashmiri Shaivite thinker who may have written the Spanda-vritti, and Spanda-karika.[1][2]

He was a pupil of Vasugupta, another possible author of the Spanda-karika. According to Rajatarangini (The River of Kings) written in 12th-century CE by Kalhana, he lived during the reign of Avanti Varman (855-883 CE).[3]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Yoga Spandakarika: The Sacred Texts at the Origins of Tantra, by Daniel Odier. Inner Traditions, 2005 ISBN 1594770514.
  • Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (1992). The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries. SUNY Press. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-0-7914-1261-9.

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