Abhinavgupt New Age Books Early Jaina Geometry 61 The

Early Jaina Geometry 61 The impetus for the study of geometry - the very early works - the value 10 for solid figures - the trapezium and the trapezoidal solid

Some of them had the sanction of the Vedas while others were classed as outside the Vedas or as opposed to them

serving as a vehicle for the reader to participate in her most profound spiritual and emotional experiences

or appear miraculously (see Faure 1991: 138-39

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Abhinavgupt New Age Books Early Jaina Geometry 61 TheWho wants to talk with stones. Listen, O you living (lit., moving) human, I speak to you. What is this senseless chase after objects that you indulge in right from the movement you get up from your bed. If you could enter into the consciousness abode of Siva even for a fraction of a (temporal) moment you will yourself instantly know the truth. What then is the use of these colourful presentations of mine? Preface Abhinavagupt, the great Kashmir