Kashmir Valley
The Kashmir Valley, in the present-day Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, is a Himalayan basin drained by the Jhelum River and centred on Srinagar. From roughly the 9th to the 12th centuries it was the homeland of the non-dual Shaiva tradition known as Kashmir Shaivism, whose exegetes—among them Somanānda, Utpaladeva, Kṣemarāja, and the commentator Jayaratha—were active here.
10 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 800
Vijñāna-bhairava
- 825
Śiva-sūtra
by Vasugupta
- 850
Spanda-kārikā
- 950
Śiva-stotrāvalī
by Utpaladeva
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Kashmir Valley. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Power / The Divine Feminine (Śakti)5 passages
- Recognition (Pratyabhijñā)4 passages
- Brahman (the Absolute)3 passages
- God / The Lord (Īśvara)3 passages
- Worship and the Image (Pūjā & Mūrti)3 passages
- Devotion (Bhakti)3 passages
- Repetition of the Name (Japa)3 passages
- Vibration (Spanda)3 passages
- The Channels: Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣumnā (Nāḍī)3 passages
- Movements of the Mind (Citta-Vṛtti)3 passages