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[Full title: (3) De-Saktisation through Interpretations (5) The Pentadic Tendency of Krama]

The later texts on Krama present fivefold action nature of 艢颈惫补, not of 艢补办迟颈. Being the form of 艢补办迟颈s, they are addressed as the powers of 艢颈惫补. 厂峁涐梗峁璱, sthiti, 蝉补峁僪腻谤补, an膩khy膩, and 产丑腻蝉腻, then are identified with the stages of speech, 艢补办迟颈s, 驰辞驳颈苍墨 types and Cakras etc.^[1]

K. C. Pandey opines that the pentadic tendency is not exclusively Krama鈥檚 own; but might have been inspired by the 尝补办耻濒墨艣补 theories copied from 膧谤补峁噛补办补蝉 and so on. This also in fact indicates the subordinate position of 艢补办迟颈, as 碍腻濒墨 has the same pentadic nature as that of 艢颈惫补. But 碍腻濒墨 or 艢补办迟颈 always comes under 艢颈惫补. In this manner, the theories and goddess of v膩c are accepted having been avoided their supremacy. 

Navjivan Rastogi remarkably states;

One of the most basic tenets of the entire monistic Saiva thought of Kashmir is its theory of the five acts of the Absolute, namely, Srsti (emanation or emergence), Sthiti (sustenance), Samhara (withdrawal or submergence), Tirodhana (concealment), and Anugraha (dispensing grace). The functionalistic doctrine, in question, maintains that the Absolute is unceasingly busy in bringing about these five acts, be it phenomenal order of existence or the trans-phenomenal one. It is the unfoldment of his being. Therefore, those who always reflect upon this pentadic activity of the Godhead, knowing the universe as an unfoldment and expression of the essential nature of Awareness, never fail to attain perfection and realize their true self in this very life.]^[2]

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[1]:

See, Navjivan Rastogi, KramaTantricism of Kashmir, pp.58-63.

[2]:

Ibid., p.67.