[1][2][3] Vasugupta is said to have lived near Mahadeva Mountain in the valley of the Harvan stream behind what are now the Shalimar Gardens near Srinagar.
[4] Historically the Shiva Sutras and the ensuing school of Kashmir Shaivism are a Tantric or Agamic tradition.
[6] Gerard D. C. Kuiken has also published a literal translation of the aphorisms without adding any insights or commentary.
[7] The Fifth Guru of Kriya yoga (Babaji's lineage), Shailendra Sharma gave yogic commentaries to Shiva Sutras in 1993.
[8] In 2014 new translation of Shiva Sutras into English has been made available along with innovative commentary organized into chapters called cascades.