A mountain trekking team in the Pir Panjal range discovered a hollowed-out stone pillar containing a remarkably preserved 10th-century manuscript. Titled Pashupata-Vimarsha, the text is a rare commentary on the Pashupata school of Shaivite philosophy, detailing the ethics of Pratyaksha-Dharma—the direct, unmediated experience of the divine through radical social non-conformity.
The manuscript defends the controversial 'insane' behavior associated with the Pashupata ascetics as a systematic logic designed to shatter the ego's dependence on social approval. Experts state this discovery reshapes our understanding of medieval Saiva logic, providing a more structured philosophical justification for the transgressive behaviors of ancient Indian yogis.