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the source
in everything and in all forms of speech, Pasyanti etc. It is, at the same time,
or origin not only of all letters, but also of the entire universe,
including many different words. This Brahman becomes or manifests himself as
the universe through his power, technically called "citkala" or "cit-sakti"
and therefore, it is called Isvara. The letters "I" and "U" in the aphorism
signify the "power" (citkala) and the Lord respectively.
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Panini's aphorism "峁歀K" implies a monistic view that the
relation between Brahman and its power is the same as between 峁� and L. According
to the grammarians, there is the relation of identity between two, R and 岣�
similar to that between one "A" and another "A"- "Rivar峁嘺yormitha岣� savar峁噛am
vacyam "(Siddhanta Kaumudi, 6). Then, it is admitted the identity of the mind
and its potentiality and activity, i.e. Siva and Sakti, or Brahman and Citkal盲.
b) Light (prak膩sa) and thinking (vimarsa).
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Now, we shall enlarge a bit upon the distinction already
pointed out between prakasa and vimarsa as found in Kashmir Saivism. I have
mentioned in the earlier part of this chapter that Ego or universal conscious-
ness has two aspects: light and thinking. Like in Fichtean philosophy, Ego
sets up non-Ego, i.e. the whole reality, or in Hegelian terminology, univer-
sal consciousness (N.B. Fr. Hegelnames it the "absolute idea") phenomenises
the existent.
Saivites allege that all the things around us as well as
our inner motions are nothing else but free manifestation of the Ego's power.
The Ego expresses and affirms itself in this way. The "conflict" between