User:Visarga/History of Kashmir Shaivism


 * pre-aryan and pre-vedic in its origin
 * the Trayambaka school of monistic Śaiva philosophy is the most valuable contribution of Kashmir to the Indian culture
 * neither rigidly idealistic like Advaita Vedānta and Buddhism, nor so realistic as Sāṃkhya; the universe is a reality, but not an absolute reality because it is a creation
 * necessary qualities for the practice of Kaula
 * scriptural works: āgamas and logic