Table Of ContentS E R I E O R I E N T A L E R O M A
LXXI
RAFFAELE TORELLA
THE ISVARAPRATYABHIJNAKARIKA
OF UTPALADEVA
WITH THE AUTHOR’S VRTTI
Critical edition and annotated translation
ROMA
ISTITUTO ITALIANO PER IL MEDIO ED ESTREMO ORIENTE
1994
R O ME O R I E N T A L S E R I E S
Already published
i. — Tucci G., The Tomhs of the Tibetan Kings.
u. — Petech Lm Northern India according to the Shui-ching-chu.
in. — Frauwallner E., On the date of the Buddhist Master of the Law Vasubandhu.
IV. — Rock J.F., The 'Na-2khi Nâga cult and related ceremonies. Part I and II.
V. — Conferenze, Vol. I. Containing lectures delivered at Is.M.E.O. by G. Coedès , J.L.
Duyvendak , C. Hentze , P.H. Pott .
VI. — Conze E., Abhisamayâlahkâra. Introduction and traslation from the original text,
with Sanskrit-Tibctan indexes.
vn. — Conferenze, Vol. II. Containing lectures delivered at Is.M.E.O. by H. Corbin , N. Ega -
mi, M. Eliade , J. Filliozat , P. Humbertclaude , J. Masui , E.H. de Tscharner .
vui. — Frauwallner E., The earliest Vinaya and the beginnings of Buddhist literature.
IX, 1. — Tucci G., Minor Buddhist Te.xts, Part I. Containing A s a rt ga’s commentary on the
Vajracchedikâ edited and translated; Analysis of the commentary on it by V a s u
b a n d h u; MahâyânavimÊikâ of N â g 5 r j u n a; Navailoki of K a m b a I a
p à d a; Catulistavasamüsârtha of A m r t a k a r a, Hetutattvopadeia of J i t 3 r i;
Tarkasopana ofVidyakaraUnti. Whith an appendix containing the Gilgit
Text of the Vajracchedikâ, edited by N.P. Ciiakravarti .
IX, 2. — Tucci G., Minor Buddhist Texts, Part II. First Bhâvanâkrama of KamalaÉila.
x, I. — Tucci G., Preliminary Report on two Scientific Expeditions in Nepal.
X, 2. — Gnou R., Nepalese Inscriptions in Gupta characters. Part I, Text and Plates.
X. 3. — Petech L., Mediaeval History of Nepal (c. 750-1480).
XI. — Gnoli R., The aesthetic experience according to Abliinavagupta.
XII. — Rock J.F., The Amnye Ma-chhcn range and adjacent regions.
XIII. Conze E., Vajracchedikâ Prajnâpàramitâ.
XIV. Le symbolisme cosmique des monuments religieux. Conférences par R. Bloch , J.
Daniélou , M. Eliade , M. Grïaule , C. Hentze , C. Lévi-Strauss , H.C. Puech ,
G. Tucci.
XV. Wylie T.V., A place name index to George N. Roerich's translation of the Blue Annals.
XVI. Ferrari A., mKycn brtse's Guide to the holy places of Central Tibet.
XVII. Orientalia Romana. 1, Essays and Lectures, by E. Benz , H. Corbin , A. Godard ,
L. Hambis , V. Minorsky , S.P. Tolstov .
XVIII. Roerich G., Le parler de l'Amdo. Étude d’un dialecte archaïque du Tibet.
XIX. Van Gulik R.H., Chinese Pictorial Arts as viewed by the Connoisseur.
XX. Mahler J.G., The Westerners among the Figurines of the Tang Dynasty of China.
XXI. Un editto bilingue greco-aramico di ASoka. Testo, traduzione e note a cura di G.
Pugliese -Carratelli c di G. Levi Della Vida , con prefazione di G. Tucci e
introduzione di U. Scerrato .
XXII. Lee P.H., Studies in the Saenaennorae: old Korean poetry.
XXIU. Gnoli R., The Pramahavârttikam of DliarmakTrii. The first chapter with autocom
mentary. Text and critical notes.
XXIV. Tucci G., Deb t'er dmar po, Tibetan Chronicles, by bSod nams grags pa. vol. I.
Tibetan Text, Emendations to the English Translation and an Appendix containing
two Minor Chronicles.
XXV. Wylie T.V., The Geography of Tibet according to the 'Dzam-gling-rgyas-bshad.
XXVI. Conze E., The Gilgit manuscript of the Aftâdafasühsrikâprajnâpâramitâ. Chapters
55 to 70 corresponding to the 5tli Abhisamaya. Text and English translation. (Literary
and Historical Documents from Pakistan - 1).
xxvn. Gnoli R., Udbhâta’s Commentary' on the Kâvyâlamkâra of Bhdmaha. Sanskrit frag
ments from Pakistan. Edited with critical notes (Literary• and Historical Documents
from Pakistan - 2).
XXVIII, 1 Rock J.F., A 1N a-2 K hi - English Encyclopedic Dictionary. Part I.
XXVIU, 2 Rock J.F., A ‘Na-2Klii - English Encyclopedic Dictionary. Part II. Gods, Priests,
Ceremonies, Stars, Geographical Names.
XXIX. A bilingual Graeco-Aramaic Edict of Aioka, Text, Translation and Notes by G.
Pugliese -Carratelu and G. Garbini , Foreword by G. Tucci, Introduction by
U. Scerrato .
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IS TIT U T O IT A L IA N O
PER IL MEDIO ED E ST R E M O O RIE NT E
SERIE ORIENTALE ROMA
FONDATA DA GIUSEPPE TUCCI
DIRETTA DA
GHERARDO GNOLI
Vol. LXXI
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Is. M. E. O.
1994
S E R I E O R I E N T A L E R O M A
LXXI
RAFFAELE TORELLA
THE ISVARAPRATYABHIJNAKARIKA
OF UTPALADEVA
WITH THE AUTHOR’S VRTTI
Critical edition and annotated translation
ROMA
ISTTTTJTO ITALIANO PER IL MEDIO ED ESTREMO ORIENTE
1994
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To Raniero Gnoli
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and foremost, I should like to express my gratitude to IsMEO
for accepting this book for publication in the Serie Orientale Roma,
founded by Giuseppe Tucci. In paying tribute to the memory of Prof.
Tucci - my paramaguru - I must also acknowledge him as the first
western scholar to realize the importance of the Kashmiri Šaiva tradition
and to promote its scientific study. I ideally place this work at His feet.
I thank IsMEO and the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, whose
financial support enabled me to make several journeys to India in search
of MSS of Utpaladeva’s works.
Then, I express my gratefulness to the Libraries that allowed me to
photograph and use their MSS for this edition: Research and Publications
Department, Srinagar (A.K. Reina, Assistant Director), Oriental Research
Institute and MSS Library, Trivandrum (Dr. K. Appukuntan Nair and Dr.
T. Bhaskaran, former Directors; P.L. Shaji, MSS Assistant) and Oriental
Institute Library, Baroda (Dr. R.T. Vyas, Director). I heartily thank Pandit
Dinanath Shastri, Srinagar, who generously put at my disposal his private
collection of MSS, then destroyed during Muslim desorders in Srinagar.
Special thanks are due to Felicity B. Lutz for her valuable assistance
in the English version of this book, and to my student Francesco Sferra
for preparing the Indexes and helping me very much in correcting the
proofs.
Finally, I wish to thank Raniero Gnoli with whom I discussed many
passages of this work. To this extraordinary scholar - and gentleman - I
dedicate this book.
Rocca Priora, October 1993.
Raffaele Torella
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