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Arjuna
Advaita is expressed in early Upanishads, that may be referred to as "original philosophy" in a historical sense.
Kashmiri Monism is textually based on divinely revealed Shiva-sutras and Shiva-drishti of Somananda (which belong to 8th century), as well as Bhairavagamas (exact date of which is not set, but the fact is that the whole corpus of Bhairavagama existed before 10th century).
There existed a monistic Ekayana (Vaishnava) tradition in Kashmir, to which Vamanadatta (pre-10th century), the author of Samvit-prakasha, belonged.
Shankara's tradition historically can be traced to Gaudapada, who is also an author of Tantric Shrividyaratna-sutras.
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