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J.C. Chatterji's Kashmir Shaivaism is an important and unique treatise on Shaiva Philosophy that prevailed in Kashmir and still practised in different parts of India. The beginnings of 'Kashmir Shaivism' could be traced from Shiva Sutras and its commentary by Kshemaraja. Its teachings and practices are given in the literature of the system, the distinctive name of Trika-shasana, Trika-Shastra or simply Trika; and are often referred to as the Rahasya-Sampradaya, while Shaivaism in general is spoken of as Shiva-Shasana or Shivagama. The peculiarity of the Trika consists in the fact that as a system of philosophy, it is a type of idealistic monism (advaita), and as such differs in fundamental principles from other forms of Shaiva Philosophy, for instance, from what is described under the name of the Shaiva Darshana in the Sarva-Darshana-Samgraha of Madhavacharya.

This book provides an insight of the form of Shaivism developed in Kashmir starting from its History. The entire book is divided into two parts- 1) Kashmir Shaivaism's History and Literature, 2) The Main Doctrines of the System. The book also works as a basis for comparative study of various forms of Shaivism.