On the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinīvyākhyā

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine how the Pratyabhijñā works were transmitted in South India by focusing on the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinīyākhyā, a South Indian commentary on the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī.

The Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinīvyākhyā considers the Pratyabhijñā works Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā and Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī to represent the seed-mantra sauḥ, quoting with approval the Parātriṃśīkā, which teaches the seed-mantra sauḥ, and Parātriṃśikālaghuvṛtti, ascribed to Abhinavagupta in South India. This shows that the Pratyabhijñā works were accepted as a commentary on the Parātriṃśikā in South India.