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तन्त्रालोकः

Tantrāloka

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.

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Every verse carries the received Sanskrit, a mechanical IAST line, and our own English and Hindi.

Front matter 15 Adhyāyas 3,676 Verses

आह्निकानि

The Āhnikas आह्निक

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।

In progress प्रगति पर

This series is still being translated and released chapter by chapter. The next, The Initiation of the Spiritual Son, is due 3 Oct 2026. यह ग्रंथ अभी अनुवादित होकर क्रमशः प्रकाशित हो रहा है। अगला अध्याय, पुत्रकदीक्षा, 3 Oct 2026 को प्रकाशित होगा।

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Translated and edited by Gaurav Verma under the site's published method. The Sanskrit text is in the public domain. Our transliteration, translation and apparatus are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 — see /license. अनुवाद और सम्पादन: Gaurav Verma — प्रकाशन-पद्धति देखें। संस्कृत मूल पाठ पब्लिक डोमेन में है। हमारा लिप्यंतरण, अनुवाद और टिप्पणियाँ CC BY-SA 4.0 के अंतर्गत उपलब्ध हैं — देखें /license.