Alka Tyagi
Independent (DK Printworld Studies in Kashmir Saivism)
New focused Trika study: Bhairava and Bhāvanā (DK Printworld Jan 2026) — bhāvanā as vikalpa-saṃskāra across VBT, Śivasūtras, TĀ 1 and TĀ 4.
Bio. Bhairava and Bhāvanā: Supreme Reality and the Power of Creative Contemplation in Kashmiri Trika Śaivism (DK Printworld, Jan 2026, Studies in Kashmir Saivism 3, 308pp): Bhairava as Supreme Consciousness; bhāvanā as the underlying process of all upāyas; close readings of Vijñānabhairava, Śivasūtras, Tantrāloka 1 and 4; appendices incl. 36 tattvas and 64 Bhairava tantras.
Read with
Abhinavagupta — bhāvanā in Tantrāloka 1 and 4
Vasugupta — Bhairava in the Śivasūtras
Independent (DK Printworld Studies in Kashmir Saivism) · status: active · dates: active since 2026 — DK Printworld Jan 2026 (ISBN 9788124613054); Penn Libraries catalogue record
Bhairava and Bhāvanā in Kashmiri Trika Śaivism (DK Printworld 2026) 2026
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Used for: bhāvanā mechanism; VBT/Śivasūtra/TĀ contemplative reading
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