Pashupata-sutra

Not to be confused with Pashupatastra.

Pashupata-sutra (IAST: Pāśupatasūtra) is a Sanskrit-language text regarded as revelation by the Pashupata Shaivite sect of ancient India.[1] Dated between 400 and 550 CE,[2] it is the earliest surviving text of the Pashupatas.[1] Kauṇḍinya wrote a commentary called Panchartha-bhashya (IAST: Pañcārtha-bhāṣya) on the text.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gavin Flood (2005). "Śaiva". In Sushil Mittal; Gene R. Thursby (eds.). The Hindu World. The Routledge Worlds. Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 0-203-64470-0.
  2. ^ Ellen Gough (2021). Making a Mantra: Tantric Ritual and Renunciation on the Jain Path to Liberation. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226767239.
  3. ^ Peter Bisschop (2014). "Pañcārtha Before Kauṇḍinya". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 42 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1007/s10781-013-9210-7.