Tantraloka is the masterwork of Abhinavagupta, who was in turn the most revered Kashmir Shaivism master. On account of its size and scope it is a veritable encyclopedia of non-dual Shaivism, a treasure text containing the synthesis of the monistic agamas and all the schools of Kashmir Shaivism. The work contains both ritualistic and philosophic aspects. Abhinavagupta a Kashmir Saivite guru (ca 950-1015), scholar and adept in the lineage of Vasugupta. Among his philosophical writings, Pratyabhijna Vimarshini and Tantraloka are an important basis of Kashmir Saivism. Also an influential theoretician of poetics, dance, drama and classical music, he is said to have disappeared into a cave near Mangam along with 1,200 disciples. The publishers are proud to make the whole Sanskrit text available from the original series titled the "Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies