Editing Parashiva (section)

== Kashmir Shaivism ==
[[File:Tattvas36.gif|thumb|Paramashiva is the ultimate reality who either (according to Kashmir Shaivism) construct himself or (according to Shaiva siddhanta) beyond 36 tattvas, the whole elements of reality.]]
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Kashmiri Shaivism describes how all of reality, with all of its diversity and fluctuation, is the play of the single principle, Paramashiva. The two aspects of this single reality are inseparably united: Shiva and Shakti.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1438108737 | title=Critical Companion to George Orwell | publisher=Infobase Publishing | author=Edward Quinn | year=2014 | pages=229 | isbn=9781438108735}}</ref> Paramashiva ''appears'' as the world through his creative power, Shakti. The ontological nature of Paramashiva is beyond human knowledge and articulation, yet it can be experienced directly through mystical intuition.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ErhIBHJEkwC | title=Kashmir Shaivaism | publisher=SUNY Press | author=Jagadish Chandra Chatterji | year=1914 | pages=viii | isbn=9780887061790}}</ref>

The Kashmir Shaivism tradition, also called Trika Shaivism, is a [[Nondualism|non-dualist]] branch of [[Shaivism|Shaiva-]][[Shaktism|Shakta]] [[Tantra]] [[Hinduism]] that originated in [[Kashmir]] after 850 CE.<ref name="IEP">[http://www.iep.utm.edu/kashmiri/ David Peter Lawrence, ''Kashmiri Shaiva Philosophy'', Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]</ref><ref name=":1">Wallis, Christopher; Tantra Illuminated, chapter II, The History of Śaiva Tantra</ref> In its place of origin in Kashmir, this tradition is commonly referred to as "''Kashmiri Shaivism''." It later spread beyond Kashmir, with its great scholar [[Abhinavagupta]] calling it "Trika" (meaning "the Trinity"). It particularly flourished in the states of [[Odisha]] and [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>Carl Olson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=RVWKClYq4TUC&dq=Pratyabhij%C3%B1a+%2B+trika&pg=PA237 The Many Colors of Hinduism], Rutgers University Press, 2007,  page 237</ref> Defining features of the Trika tradition are its [[Idealism|idealistic]] and [[Monism|monistic]] ''[[Pratyabhijna]]'' ("Recognition") philosophical system, propounded by [[Utpaladeva]] (c. 925–975 CE) and Abhinavagupta (c. 975–1025 CE), and the centrality of the three goddesses [[Parashakti|Parā]], Parāparā, and Aparā.<ref name="IEP" /><ref name=":1" />
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