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Śiva Sūtras, Kashmir text

Seventy-five lines from the GRETIL e-text, with no English added.

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This page is not the 14 Māheśvara lines. English Wikipedia's Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta page, checked 2026-10-16, calls that work a collection of aphorisms from Kashmir Shaivism in its short description.

The file has 75 rows. Its meta note says this recension counts 20+10+45=75, and that the common Kṣemarāja recension counts 22+10+45, then the note trails off. Which lines differ is unknown beyond that note. Confirm before relying.

The file says its IAST comes from the GRETIL source and that the Devanāgarī was machine-converted and is unverified. The GRETIL page, opened 2026-10-16, distributes the e-text under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Those non-commercial and share-alike terms stay with the e-text. Nothing here is sold.

No English meaning is included. A translation was not confirmed as open.

Foundations, dependencies, history, roadmap

Dependencies. Know that the 14-line list is a different page.

History. This app does not assign the Kashmir text a century from a category label.

Roadmap. If an open translation is confirmed, add it with the translator, year, and URL.

Where the idea shows up. Do not mix this text into a grammar exercise. They are different works.

A visual

Three unmeshas Three unmeshas Section 1Section 2Section 375 lines in thisfileA moving dot shows the reading order. Reduced motion hides it. DisclaimerSūtra Nexus is an independent, free, learning-only student project. It respects everytradition, scholar, publisher, company and vendor. Trademarks, texts and sources belong totheir owners, and nothing here is affiliated with or endorsed by them. If something shouldbe removed or corrected, it will be handled promptly through the contact form. Nothing hereis sold. I am happy to volunteer for any organization.Learner path drawn for this app. Counts and file notes are from the data. Confirm before relying on any wider claim.
Three unmeshas. Learner path drawn for this app. Counts and file notes are from the data. Confirm before relying on any wider claim.

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Worked example

Read row 1.1 without translating it

  1. The file's first IAST is caitanyam ātmā.
  2. The file's Devanāgarī is चैतन्यम् आत्मा, marked machine-converted from the IAST.
  3. Do not add an English sentence and call it the sūtra.
  4. If you cite the e-text, keep the CC BY-NC-SA credit and the GRETIL URL.

Quiz

How many rows are in the Kashmir file?

Does this app list the lines that differ from the other recension?

What licence does the opened GRETIL page state?

Is an English meaning shown?

Which Wikipedia short description fits this page?

Ecosystem

Glossary

  • unmeṣa — The file groups lines into sections numbered on each row. This app does not translate the word.
  • recension — A version of a text. This file describes its own count and trails off on the other.

Sister topics

Māheśvara, for the contrast, and resources.

Bridges

The only bridge is bibliographic: two works share a Sanskrit name in English articles and are easy to confuse. This app keeps them on separate pages.

Later hooks

A side-by-side that still refuses to invent the missing lines.

Sources and go deeper

  • GRETIL Śivasūtra with vārttika. The page distributes the e-text under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Non-commercial and share-alike terms apply to that e-text. No English translation is copied here. last checked 2026-10. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, confirmed on the page.
  • English Wikipedia, Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta. Short description: a collection of aphorisms from Kashmir Shaivism. This app did not find a clear 75-versus-77 sentence to quote. last checked 2026-10. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • ashtadhyayi-com/data README. The raw README says you are free to use the data in your own projects if you give appropriate credit. No SPDX identifier is stated. last checked 2026-10. Licence: credit required, no formal SPDX, confirmed from the raw README.