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Kshemaraja

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Kshemaraja was an Indian author and a significant figure in Kashmiri Shaivism, a philosophical system that venerates the god Shiva as the supreme reality. This school of thought is idealistic and monistic, viewing Shiva, the individual soul, and the universe as fundamentally one. Kshemaraja authored the Shiva-sutra-vimarshini, a commentary on the Shiva-sutra, which is a principal text of Kashmiri Shaivism. Kashmiri Shaivism teaches that Shiva is the sole cause of the universe, manifesting in five aspects: consciousness, bliss, desire, knowledge, and action. Liberation, or moksha, is achieved through meditation and recognizing the identity between the individual soul and this supreme reality.12

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