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Philosophy and Religion
what philosophers describe as Avyakta or Sabda Brahman. It is
evident from the above that in this view K膩la functions as the
maturer of karma-seeds (karma-p膩caka) and then as the energiser
of Prak峁泃i.
Trika Literature
In the Trika Literature K膩la, viewed in the Absolute Parama
艢iva, represents His Supreme Freedom (Sv膩tantrya艣akti) looked
upon as Kriy膩艣akti projecting the Universe till now unified with
the Absolute and making it appear as external to it. The projection
of the Universe is, therefore, only the apparent externalization of
the Eternal Consciousness. The so-called creative process
(Vi艣vakalana) is only the outer aspect of the Kriy膩艣akti, which
inspite of its seeming eternality retains itself always. The truth
is that the Absolute Consciousness first appears as Life or Pr膩峁嘺,
(i.e. Kriy膩艣akti) on which, as a base is built up the entire fabric
of Time and Space.
Time in Secular Literature
In all these pages we have been dealing with the concept of
time in the Sm峁泃is and the Pur膩峁嘺s. Now we propose to deal with
it in the secular literature. When we study it, we find in it
sometimes striking references to time in its philosophical aspect.
The older texts like the Mah膩bh膩峁�ya and the Caraka Samhita very
often present to us various views on time in a philosophical garb
and, therefore, indicate that phase of the development of the
secular literature when the word k膩la had not become restricted
to the meaning of 'death' or the 'god of death,' the meaning which
it developed in later kavya literature. Under this heading of "Time
in Secular Literature' we propose to deal with six authors and
commentators-Pata帽jali, Caraka, Dalha峁嘺, V膩tsy膩yana,
Yasodhara (commentator on the K膩mas奴tra of V膩tsy膩yana) and
Bhart峁沨ari, the author of the Vakyapadiya. We include the popular
view and the views of the Yogav膩sistha and the astronomers too
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