शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

4 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
NOTES.
GENERAL.
The argument proceeds from a Prathiatcha fact admitted
by the Lokayitha or materialist. This fact, the seen universe
which can be described under the terms He, (masculine gender),
She (feminine gender) or It (neuter gender) or as Thanu
(animal Bodies), Karana (internal and external organs) or
senses, Buvana (worlds) and Bhoga (sensations) is then shown
to be capable of change or evolution. Its present condition is
itself the product of causation, evolved from its primordial
nature ; and its decay is its resolution into its primordial state.
This primordial substance is what is called Maya or cosmic
matter. This Maya is not a nonentity nor is it caused from God
or Atma (soul) as will be shown later on. The definition of
Maya and its treatment will include all the phenomena noted by
the present day Materialist and Biologist in the field of Physics
and Biology. It is best translated by the word "object and
object consciousness." This "Maya" therefore undergoes
Srishti, Sthithi and Samharam; Samharam is not destruction
and the chain of evolution does not stop but it proceeds ; and the
reason for this successive change i. e. recreation and rebirths is
given in the text 'மலத்துளதாம்,' it is caused by or necessitated
by its conjunction with Anava Mala. The word Anava is derived
from the root "Anu" meaning exceedingly small and the word
Anu which is a synonym for soul, is so called, as the soul which
is a Vibhu in its real state is made Anu (small as an atom) by its
conjunction with Anava Mala. This Anava Mala is the imper-
fection or ignorance or impurity or darkness which covers or
conceals the intelligence or light or purity of the soul. It is the
presence of this imperfection or impurity in nature, which neces-
sitates Evolution or Successive Recreations and Rebirths, as it