The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries: The SpandaSa?doha by K?emaraja, The SpandaV?ttti by Kallatabhatta, The SpandaViv?ti by Rajanaka Rama, The SpandaPradpika by Bhagavadutpala

In his Doctrine of Vibration, the author presents a synthesis of Kashmir Shaivism-an overview with Spanda as the central theme. Spanda is the vibratory dynamism of the absolute consciousness. In this book the author focuses on the school of Kashmir Shaivism that presents this doctrine as its cardinal principle and whose literature consists essentially of the works translated here.

In his Introduction and in his exposition of the four commentaries, the author shows both how the Spanda traditi...