The use of drink in the Kula ritual of the TantrAloka of Abhinavagupta

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

John Dupuche <dupuche at ONE.NET.AU> wrote:

Re: The use of drink in the Kula ritual of the TantrAloka of
Abhinavagupta

>Quotation 5             "Ever since and and from the moment when
[drink] was
>spoiled by a demon master, .......... Those, however, who have been
initiated in the tradition of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Ça*kara and in the tradition of the goddess, who obey the guru's
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>command, who are discreet, engrossed in recitation and worship, skilled
>in knowledge and discriminating knowledge, whose attitude is true, not
>arising out of greed [for wine]: these twice-born bear no hostility to
>always [using drink], O Beloved."


Which Sankara is this? The God Siva or a human teacher? Does
Abhinavagupta mention the tradition of Sankara elsewhere, and what is
the speciality of initiation into this tradition?

Vidyasankar

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