Śaivism in Philosophical Perspective: A Study of the Formative Concepts, Problems, and Methods of Śaiva Siddhānta

absence of knowledge admit advaita Agama agent Aghora apprehension argument arise asat avasthā becomes bhoga bindu Bliss bondage brahman buddhi causal characteristic cit-sakti cited cognition Comm conceived concept condition consciousness constitutive cosmic functions creation darśana determinate Dissolution distinction distinguished Divine effect empirical error eternal evolution existence experience freedom God's Grace ground guna ibid identical ignorance illumination implies inference infra Ch intelligent interpretation intuition involves jñāna judgment kāla kāraṇa karma kriyā latter ledge mala manifest Māpāḍiam material cause māyā means metaphysical Meykandar mokṣa monism nacre namely nature negation non-difference non-valid Nyaya object one's pāśa paśu pati perceived perception philosophy prakṛti pramāņa predicate present rāga reality reference relation reveals Śaiva Saiva Siddhanta Saivism śakti self's sense Śiva spirit Śruti Supakkam Tamil tattvas term theory thing tion transcendent transcendental truth upādāna valid knowledge Veda vṛtti word yogin