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Bhaskara raya (Bhāskara rāya Makhin) (1690–1785) is widely considered an authority on all questions pertaining to the worship of the Mother Goddess in Shakta tradition of Hinduism. He was born in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family at Hyderabad, Telangana. Bhaskara raya was welcomed by king Serfoji II of Bhonsle dynasty in South India, and thereupon he settled in Tamil Nadu. According to Douglas Renfrew Brooks, a professor of Religion specializing in Shaktism studies, Bhaskara raya was "not only a brilliant interpreter of Srividya, he was an encyclopedic writer", and that he was a "thinker who had the wealth of Tantric and Vedic traditions at his fingertips". He belonged to the Srividya tradition of the Shakta Tantrism.

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  • Bhaskara raya (Bhāskara rāya Makhin) (1690–1785) is widely considered an authority on all questions pertaining to the worship of the Mother Goddess in Shakta tradition of Hinduism. He was born in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family at Hyderabad, Telangana. Bhaskara raya was welcomed by king Serfoji II of Bhonsle dynasty in South India, and thereupon he settled in Tamil Nadu. According to Douglas Renfrew Brooks, a professor of Religion specializing in Shaktism studies, Bhaskara raya was "not only a brilliant interpreter of Srividya, he was an encyclopedic writer", and that he was a "thinker who had the wealth of Tantric and Vedic traditions at his fingertips". He belonged to the Srividya tradition of the Shakta Tantrism. Bhaskara raya is the attributed author of more than 40 and range from Vedanta to poems of devotion and from Indian logic and Sanskrit grammar to the studies of Tantra. Several of his texts are considered particularly notable to the Shaktism tradition, one focussed on the Mother Goddess: * Commentary on Tripura Upanishad and Bhavana Upanishad * Commentary on Devi Mahatmya, titled Guptavati. Bhaskara raya, in his Guptavati, offers comments on 224 out of the 579 verses of the Devi Mahatmya. * Varivasya Rahasya, is a commentary on Sri Vidya mantra and worship. The Varivasya Rahasya contains 167 ślokas numbered consecutively. It has an accompanying commentary entitled "Prakāśa", also by Bhaskara raya. * Setubandha is a technical treatise on Tantric practice. It is his magnum opus. It is a commentary on a portion of the Vāmakeśvara-tantra dealing with the external and internal worship of Tripura Sundari. This work was completed either in 1733 AD or in 1741 AD. * "Soubhāgyabhāskara"is a commentary (bhāsya) on Lalita Sahasranama. This work was completed in 1728 AD. His Khadyota ("Firefly") commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama is considered authoritative by Ganapatya. The important events of Bhaskara raya's life is written by his disciple Jagannath Pandit or Umanandnath in Bhaskaravilas Kavyam. (en)
  • Bhaskararaya (Bhāskararāya Makhin) (1690-1785) está considerado como una autoridad en las cuestiones relativas a la adoración de las diosas madre en el hinduismo. Nació en Maharashtra, fue recibido por el rey de la en el sur de la India y se asentó luego en Tamil Nadu.​ Según Douglas Renfrew Brooks, profesor de Religión especialista en estudios sobre el shaktismo, Bhaskararaya fue «no solo un intérprete brillante de la , sino un escritor enciclopédico» y además fue «un pensador que tuvo la riqueza de las tradiciones védicas y tántricas en sus manos».​ Perteneció a la tradición Kaula dentro del tantrismo shakta.​ A Bhaskararaya se le atribuyen más de cuarenta escritos, que van desde textos vedánticos y poemas devocionales hasta gramáticas de sánscrito, tratados de lógica y estudios sobre el tantra.​ Varios de sus trabajos son importantes para la tradición del shaktismo: * Los comentarios del y el ​ * El comentario del , titulado Guptavali​ * Varivasya Rahasya:​ se trata de un comentario sobre el mantra y la adoración a Sri Vidya. El Varivasya Rahasya contiene 167 ślokas numerados de forma consecutiva. Posee un comentario adicional titulado «Prakāśa», también de la autoría de Bhaskararaya. * Setubandha: es un pequeño tratado técnico sobre la práctica del tantra. Se trata de un comentario sobre la sección del Vāmakeśvara-tantra que se ocupa de la adoración externa e interna de Śrī Tripurasundarī. Bhaskararaya terminó la obra cerca de 1733 o 1741. * Lalitāsahasranāmabhāsya: es un comentario (bhāsya) sobre .​​ Bhaskararaya finalizó la obra en 1728. * Su comentario Khadyota («luciérnaga») sobre el Ganesha Sahasranama es considerado una autoridad para los ganapatya.​ (es)
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  • Bhaskara raya (Bhāskara rāya Makhin) (1690–1785) is widely considered an authority on all questions pertaining to the worship of the Mother Goddess in Shakta tradition of Hinduism. He was born in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family at Hyderabad, Telangana. Bhaskara raya was welcomed by king Serfoji II of Bhonsle dynasty in South India, and thereupon he settled in Tamil Nadu. According to Douglas Renfrew Brooks, a professor of Religion specializing in Shaktism studies, Bhaskara raya was "not only a brilliant interpreter of Srividya, he was an encyclopedic writer", and that he was a "thinker who had the wealth of Tantric and Vedic traditions at his fingertips". He belonged to the Srividya tradition of the Shakta Tantrism. (en)
  • Bhaskararaya (Bhāskararāya Makhin) (1690-1785) está considerado como una autoridad en las cuestiones relativas a la adoración de las diosas madre en el hinduismo. Nació en Maharashtra, fue recibido por el rey de la en el sur de la India y se asentó luego en Tamil Nadu.​ Según Douglas Renfrew Brooks, profesor de Religión especialista en estudios sobre el shaktismo, Bhaskararaya fue «no solo un intérprete brillante de la , sino un escritor enciclopédico» y además fue «un pensador que tuvo la riqueza de las tradiciones védicas y tántricas en sus manos».​ Perteneció a la tradición Kaula dentro del tantrismo shakta.​ (es)
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