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ॐ तत्सत्स्वात्मसंविद्रूपे शंभवे नमः ।

तन्त्रसारः

Tantrasāra

Abhinavagupta's own short digest of the Tantrāloka, in twenty-two āhnikas of plain prose with summary verses — the kinds of knowledge, the four means to liberation, the levels of reality, initiation and the daily and occasional rites, written "in straight words" for those who cannot enter the larger work. Our own translation, paragraph by paragraph.

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

Śrī Tantrasāra by Abhinavagupta — Sanskrit to Hindi translation, free PDF download Śrī Tantrasāra by Abhinavagupta — Sanskrit to English translation, free PDF download
Front matter 8 Adhyāyas 145 Verses

आह्निकानि

The Āhnikas आह्निक

The whole Tantrasāra — twenty-two āhnikas that condense the thirty-seven of the Tantrāloka, opening with the nature of knowledge and of the self that is pure light. सम्पूर्ण तन्त्रसार — बाईस आह्निक, जिनमें तन्त्रालोक के सैंतीस आह्निक संक्षेप में आ गए हैं; आरम्भ ज्ञान के स्वरूप और प्रकाशरूप आत्मा से होता है।

In progress प्रगति पर

This series is still being translated and released chapter by chapter. The next, The Divisions of the Tattvas, is due 6 Oct 2026. यह ग्रंथ अभी अनुवादित होकर क्रमशः प्रकाशित हो रहा है। अगला अध्याय, तत्त्वभेदप्रकाशनम्, 6 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.