The Doctrine of Recognition (Pratyabhijñā-darśana) in the treatise Sarvadarśana-saṅgraha

Abstract

The paper presents the study and the first translation into Russian of the chapter entitled Pratyabhijñā-darśana which is a part of the famous Sanskrit philosophical treatiseSarvadarśana-saṅgraha. The paper focuses on the analysis of one of the most important notions of Kashmir Shaivism, that is pratyabhijñā, i.e. ‘recognition’ of the true nature of consciousness as identical with the basis of the universe – the absolute-Śiva. Other related concepts of Kasmir Shaivism are also analysed in the paper.