Abhinavagupta
950 CE – 1020 CElived
Kashmir, Lohara kingdom
- Kashmir Śaivism
Philosopher, mystic and aesthetician who explained why art moves us (the audience tastes an emotion without being trapped in it) and folded that account into a monist metaphysics.
Known for
- rasa and aesthetic relish
- recognition (pratyabhijna)
- consciousness as vibration