Bhatta Kallata

Bhatta Kallata also referred as Kallata was a notable 9th-century Kashmiri Shaivite thinker who may have written the Spanda-vritti, and Spanda-karika.^[1]^[2]

He was a pupil of Vasugupta, another possible author of the Spanda-karika. According to Rajatarangini (The River of Kings) written in 12th-century CE by Kalhana, he lived during the reign of Avanti Varman (855-883 CE).^[3]

Bibliography

Yoga Spandakarika: The Sacred Texts at the Origins of Tantra, by Daniel Odier. Inner Traditions, 2005 ISBN 1594770514.
Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (1992). The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries. SUNY Press. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-0-7914-1261-9.

References

^ Swami Parmeshwaranand (2004). Encyclopaedia of the Śaivism. Sarup & Sons. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-81-7625-427-4.
^ Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (1992). The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKarika with Four Commentaries: The SpandaSamdoha by Ksemaraja, The SpandaVrtti by Kallatabhatta, The SpandaVivrti by Rajanaka Rama, The SpandaPradipika by Bhagavadutpala. SUNY Press. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-0-7914-1261-9.
^ Jagadish Chandra Chatterji (1914). Kashmir Shaivaism. SUNY Press. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-88706-179-0.