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

v lessons from a good number of teachers conversant in their respective branches of learning. As mentioned above that he received lessons in grammar from his father. Vāmanātha, Bhūtirāja, Bhūtirājatānaya, Lakṣmaṇagupta, Indurāja, Bhaṭṭa Tota were his teachers in dualistic Tantras, Brahmavidyā, dualistic-cum-monistic Tantra, Krama and Trika, Dhvani, Dramaturgy respectively from the above-mentioned teachers. He pays obeisance to Bhūtīrāja who was considered by him as next to lord Śrīkaṇṭha, stating therein that he was the incarnation of Lord Śiva in this mundane world. It is he who for the good of all assumed the apara form of a human being. Similarly in Tantrāloka ( chap. I ), he has expressed deep respect to Śambhunātha, the disciple of Somānanda and it is from the former he achieved purity of consciousness. He considered Śambhunātha associated with his dūtī Bhagavatī, the partner in the Kula form of rituals, as a person who was able to bestow release to the world. It is from his grace he received the Supreme refulgent light of knowledge ( bodha ) by his continuous humble service to him. He frankly admits that the path of Śāstra, though remained impenetrable before, has become manifest only due to the grace of Śambhunātha, the great treasure of all Śāstras. After gaining properly from his lips the content of the Śāstra which seemed to him ( Rahasya rasa santati sundara ) a wonderful unbroken flow of nectar with spiritual significance, he received it as a spiri- tual heritage from Śambhunātha. He further states that by bathing in the flow of knowledge originating from Śrīkaṇṭha and following the current of thought as propounded by Vasugupta-Somānanda-Utpala-Lakṣmaṇa- gupta on the one hand, and Sumatinātha-Somānanda and