परमार्थसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - त्रिक-दर्शन, अद्वैत शैव साधना एवं सान्वय सटीक)

76 Glossary that urges him to take birth after birth to reap the fruits of such actions. Kriyā-śakti—The active power of God. One of His primary divine powers. That power of the Lord through which He manifests all phenomena as different from Him even when everything is He Himself. Kriyā-śakti shines predominantly in Īśvara-tattva and its extroversion results in the creation of Vidyā-tattva and the tattvas that follow. Mahā-māyā—The lowest step in Śuddha-vidyā. It is governed by Anantanātha. Beings residing in it see themselves as pure, infinite and divinely potent I-consciousness but even then take every thing else as different from them. They are known as Mantras or Vidyeśvaras. Mala—Impurity that hides the pure and divine nature of the self. Mala-trayam—Three impurities named Āṇava, Māyīya and Karma malas. Mantra-beings—Beings residing in Mahā-māyā. Such pure and divinely potent beings who have the only impurity of Māyīya mala, the viewpoint of diversity. Mantra-maheśvaras—Beings residing in Sadāśiva-tattva and having an awareness as "I am this". Mantreśvaras—Beings residing in Īśvara-tattva and having an awareness as "This is my self". Māyā-tattva—The first impure tattva created by Parama-śiva Himself. The tattva that serves as the substance for the crea- tion of next seven impure and insentient tattvas, viz., five kañcukas, puruṣa and prakṛti. Māyā-śakti—The divine power of the Lord through which He makes a show of diversity while continuing to stay on eter- nally as the only monistic reality. The power that makes the impossible possible. Māyīya Aṇḍa—The sphere of Māyā containing in it the group of kañcukas as well as prakṛti and puruṣa. A fine covering of the Ātman. Mūla-prakṛti—The root substance that serves as the material cause of all instrumental and objective elements. An absolute equilibrium of three guṇas. The undiversified objective element before puruṣa.