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The great visionary Abhinavagupta, surrounded by his disciples, in a reproduction after a contemporary pen-picture by Madhurāja Yogin[1]. The painting depicts a festive occasion of 'recognition of Abhinavagupta as the spiritual head of all the Saiva sects':

"His eyes are rolling with spiritual bliss. The center of his forehead is clearly marked with three lines, made with ashes. His ears look beautiful with Rudraka. His beard is long. His body is rosy. His neck besmeared with paste of camphor, musk, sandal, saffron, etc., looks splendid. He is dressed in silk-cloth and is sitting in the Yogic posture, called Virasana, on a soft cushion over a throne of gold with a canopy, decked with strings of pearls, in an open hall—full of crystals, beautified with paintings, smelling extremely sweet on account of garlands of flowers, incense and lamps, perfumed with sandal, etc., constantly resonant with vocal and instrumental music and dance and crowded with female ascetics and saints of recognised spiritual power, in the center of a garden of grapes. He is attended by all his pupils who are sitting, with their minds concentrated, at his feet and are writing down all that he says, and by two female messengers (Dutis), who are standing at the sides. His right hand, wearing the rosary of Rudraka, is resting on the thigh, and his fingers are in the position indicative of the grasp of the Ultimate Reality. And he is playing upon the Veena, which is capable of producing original musical sound with the tip of the nail of his lotus-like left hand."[2]

  1. ^ Re-accessing Abhinavagupta, Navijan Rastogi, page 11
  2. ^ The Heart of the Secret: A Personal and Scholarly Encounter with Shakta Tantrism in Siddha Yoga, Sarah Caldwell, page 11

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Painting of Abhinavagupta
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Abhinavagupta - the Philosopher, Prof. K. N. Dhar
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