परमार्थसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - त्रिक-दर्शन, अद्वैत शैव साधना एवं सान्वय सटीक)

Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta 27
as different from the subjective I-consciousness. The whole pheno-
menon, along with all its functions, appears thus within the lumi-
nosity of consciousness in the manner of a reflection shining in a
mirror. The main differences between consciousness and mirror
are only two. Firstly, a mirror, being a dependent entity, requires
outward articles to cast their reflections into it, but the pure cons-
ciousness, being divinely potent, perfect, and self dependent,
manifests the reflections of its own divine powers of Godhead
inside its own psychic lustre of consciousness and does not require
any external element, what so ever, for such purpose. It requires
neither the avidyā of Vedānta nor the vāsanā of Buddhism for the
purpose. Such self-dependence is the cream of its Godhead. An-
other great difference between the two is this that a mirror is
never aware of either itself or of the reflections shining in it,
while I-consciousness is aware of both. Such is the theory of
reflectional manifestation of the phenomenon propounded in
Śaivism of Kashmir. It saves that philosophy from a hypothetical
supposition, like that of Avidyā, reacting on the Absolute. Besides,
it keeps away the apprehension of transformation (pariṇāma) with
regard to Brahman. The phenomenal manifestation in Śaivism is
thus something like a wonderful type of transmutation. Theis-
tic absolutism is thus the fundamental and the basic principle of
that philosophy.
शिवशक्तिसदाशिवतामेश्वरविद्यामयीं च तत्त्वदशाम् ।
शक्तीनां पञ्चानां विभक्तभावेन भासयति ॥ १४ ॥
14. Śiva-śakti-sadāśivatāṃ
Iśvara-vidyā-mayīṃ ca tattva-daśām
Śaktīnāṃ pañcānāṃ
vibhakta-bhāvena bhāsayati.
The Absolute God manifests the states of five pure tattvas
named—Śiva, Śakti, Sadāśiva, Īśvara and pure Vidyā by projecting
outwordly His five primary divine powers (named—Cit, Ānanda,
Icchā, Jñāna, and Kriyā).
The five primary powers of God are (i) consciousness, (ii) bliss-
fulness, (iii) divine and unrestrictible will, (iv) power to illumine
phenomena, and (v) power to manifest them as entities different
from Him. All such powers of God are interdependently mixed
together through mutual cooperation and integration and yet each