तन्त्रसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - तन्त्रालोक का प्रामाणिक सार-संग्रह सटीक)

PREFACE
In issuing the present volume, the publishers have had in
view what they believed to be the needs of a considerable and
increasingly important number of the readers.
The horizon of Hindi language and literature has broade-
ned a great extent since Independence of the country
and as a result its light has encompassed in its range multi-
farious branches of literature, yet there exist some dark corn-
ers where the light is still dim. The present work, we hope,
will throw enough light on many unknown and little-known
religio-philosophic ideas of the Śaiva doctrine and practices
prevailed in Kashmir of the age of Abhinavagupta.
Tantrasāra, a condensation of the encyclopaedic Tantrā-
loka, is a work composed by Abhinavagupta himself for the
use of less assiduous talents who eannot easily handle Tantrā-
loka.
We have selected Tantrasāra to publish it in original
Sanskrit with Hindi Translation so that readers may find
delight in relishing it in the language of their own. Tantra-
sāra, an epitomised version of Tantrāloka, consists of many
knotty points wh.ch the learned author hinted at in a cryptic
way that mere translation without sufficient notes will fail to
unravel mystery, hence the translator has added his notes