Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam ('The Heart of Self-Recognition') is an eleventh-century treatise written by Kashmiri philosopher
Rajanaka Kṣemarāja.[1]
Overview
The text elucidates the main tenets of the
pratyabhijñā system in a succinct set of
sutras, expounding the core of the philosophy and explaining how self-recognition arises within, culminating in the consciousness of 'Shivoham' (I am
Shiva).[2][3]Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam consists of 20 aphorisms plus a commentary by Kṣemarāja himself.[4]