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admission of Si
Siva
such, it can have
on the basis that Sakti is an attribute (dharma) and as
no existence without a substratum (dharmin) (RT, 103);
Sakti is said to be related to Siva as the rays are to the sun (RT, 68),
that is non-different from Siva (svasakty膩nanyabhutay膩, RT, 42), but a
manifestation of him. In the Tattva Prakasik膩 it is asserted that the transcen-
dental Siva is "cidghana" (TP, 2); in this context the analogy
conveys the
idea that, just as power effects its purpose by means of a body, so the Lord
acts by means of powers which are, in the last analysis, mere instruments in
his hands. This is reflected on the sauhan膩 plane of Saiva tantra by the whole
ritualism whose main target is the non-manifested Siva, who may be reached
only by experiencing and surpassing his bipolar aspect, as power and possessor
螣螜 power.
in my
For this reason I have especially used the word "power" for
Sakti, even though it seems like a deliberate depersonalisation, but
opinion the translation will better help our purpose which is to point out
Siva's pre-eminence in all the Saivite tantric sadhan膩s, and also, it
corresponds to the spirit of Saivite teaching. On the other hand, I am fully
aware that any attempt to depersonalise a certain entity, runs counter to
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the general manner in which any tantrika
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irrespective of his affiliation
to one or another tantric school
all the tantric practitioners will think of the whole world as peopled
by gods, goudesses and spiritual entities.
understands the reality. That is because
Here, a methodological problem arises. in dealing with Saiva
tantra in an exegetical work like this, three levels of exposition must be
demarcated. Firstly, the language-object which is the tantric exposition of
different sadhanas as we usually find them in the available texts; secondly,