The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1253 page)

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) of
iva in all things. Som
nanda's
Sivad
ti
first expounded this view, followed by Utpala's
varapratyabhijñ
(Tr. K. A. Subramaniya Aiyar and K. C. Pandey,
Bh
skar
[1938]). The most famous Trika exponent was
Abhinavagupta
who wrote the
Tantr
loka
.
The absolute (
parama
iva) of which there is nothing higher (
anuttara
), is regarded as the union of
iva and
akti conceived as
prak
a

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