The concepts of consciousness and self-reflection in the context of related epistemological and ontological structures that imply insights for understanding causal mechanism in Kashmir Saivism are studied. The cognitive and the aesthetic characteristics that underlie the philosophical discussions on emotions have been brought out in the light of understanding perceptual and experiential reality vis- a- vis the metaphysical structures of the concept of pratyabhijna.
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru - 560012, India