Abhinavagupta's eleventh-century encyclopedia of Kashmir Śaiva doctrine and practice, in thirty-seven āhnikas — the means (upāya) to liberation, the levels of reality, initiation, and the rites of the Trika and Kula traditions, with Jayaratha's Viveka as its classical commentary. Our own translation, verse by verse.
Every verse carries the received Sanskrit, a mechanical IAST line, and our own English and Hindi.
Front matter❁37 Adhyāyas❁1,437 Verses
आह्निकानि
The Āhnikasआह्निक
The whole of the Tantrāloka as it has come down to us — thirty-seven āhnikas ("day-lessons"), opening with the nature of the ultimate reality and the means of realising it.तन्त्रालोक का वह सम्पूर्ण भाग जो हम तक पहुँचा है — सैंतीस आह्निक, जिनका आरम्भ परम तत्त्व के स्वरूप और उसकी प्राप्ति के उपायों से होता है।