Kashmir Shaivism

[Enrica Garzilli]

The term "Kashmir Shaivaism" was first introduced by S. C. Chandra
Chatterji in his book *Kashmir Shaivism* (Srinagar 1914, KSTS), p. 1. He
writes: "The first beginnings of what has been called [!?] 'Kashmir
Shaivaism', to distinguish it from other forms of Shaivaism known and
still practised in different parts of India,...". He put together the
texts of this system (called svAtantrya-vAda, AbhAsa-vAda, trika by
Abhinava, etc.) and established the KSTS and the term itself (even though
G. Buehler in 1877 published on these texts the *Detailed Report of a
Tour in Search of Sanskrit Manuscript*). MAdhava in XIV cent. deals with 
4 Shivaite schools, one of them being the PratyabhijJnA, which is part of 
the Trika system. No mention of any "Kashmira" school. 
After Chatterji the system was called with many variants of his terminolgy.
(KSemarAja in his PHr distinguishes between the Tantra, Kula, and Trika 
systems...I mean that there are also variants and overlapping as regards 
the names of the various schools -- see the Introduction to my *The 
BhAvopahaAra of CakrapANinAtha*, Supplemento n. 74 agli ANNALI, vol. 53, 
IUO, Naples 1993)
Well, from Ziva ---> Zaiva, from Shiva ---> Shivaite, I suppose (in English).

However, why don't you turn the question also to the IJTS readers?:)

Enrica Garzilli
Harvard Law School

******************************************************
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996,  \9$9J7F8@*?f:&8 wrote:

> In various books and articles I see all kinds of versions of this: Kashmir
> Shaivism, Kashmiri Shaivism, Kashmirian Shaivism,  Shaivism of Kashmir, -
> Shivaism, and in German: Kashmir Shaivismus, Kashmir Shivaismus,
> Kas(c)hmirischer Shivaismus ....
> Is there a standard term, both in English and German? Is any one term more
> justified than others?
> Thanks for your help.
> Hans-Georg Tuerstig
> 100734.2313 at compuserve.com
> 
>