What are the Kula and Trika systems?

They are major schools of non-dualistic Shaiva Tantra focusing on the nature of reality and consciousness.

Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka and Haribhadra Suri's Work (2016 PYQ)

ID: ART_LIT_2016_141 Ref: A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India by Upinder Singh

Consider the following statements:
1. Abhinavagupta wrote a comprehensive treatise called the Tantraloka which systematically presents the teachings of the Kula and Trika systems.
2. The Samaraichchakaha by Haribhadra Suri written in Gujarat around the 8th century is technically not a tantric work but is saturated with tantric ideas and practices.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Correct Option: C

Abhinavagupta authored the Tantraloka, a definitive text on Kula and Trika Shaivism. Haribhadra Suri's Samaraichchakaha, though a Jain work, is heavily influenced by tantric ideas.