Kashmir Shaivism — the 36 tattvas

Matri Matarishvan 2026-04-28

Kashmir Shaivism — known internally as Trika, "the threefold" — is the non-dual tantric philosophy that flowered in Kashmir from the 9th century onward through an unbroken lineage of masters: Vasugupta, Somānanda, Utpaladeva, Abhinavagupta, Kṣemarāja, and on through the centuries to Swami Lakshmanjoo (1907–1991), the last great master of the oral tradition. What the lineage transmits is a single recognition:…

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