तन्त्रसार (महामाहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त - तन्त्रालोक का प्रामाणिक सार-संग्रह सटीक)

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is the creator of the impure adhvā by means of causing
kṣobha in Māyā.
The principle called Māyā is the material cause of the
insentient universe. It should be remembered in this context
that Māyā śakti belonging to the Lord is the manifestor
of Māyā the material cause and it is quite different from
Māyā, the principle or tattva. The entire universe is born
out of Māyā from which kalā is born. It in its turn is
responsible for the rise of limited power of action in the
limited soul. Māyā is the cause to veil pure conscious state
of the self for which it loses its power of dṛk and kriyā.
Kalā, though born of Māyā and being impelled by its
force, becomes attached with the limited soul. These two,
that is, kalā and aṇu, remain firmly attached to each other,
so they cannot be defferentiated easily. Those who remain
under the influence of Māyā, fail to get release so long as they
do not receive grace from Ananta, the Lord of Māyā. Only
then Puruṣas can differentiate themselves from Māyā, with
the result that they become Vjñānākala souls. In the same
way when one realises one's distinction from kalā one can go
beyond kalā. In the same way when he realises his distine-
tion from Prakṛti, he never goes down Prakṛti. When the
residual trace of mala becomes totally absent from the soul
he becomes one with Śiva.
It is to be remembered in this connection that kalā is the
giver of limited activity in the aṇu soul. The impure Vidyā
bestows on the insentient subject limited cognitive power.
Only on account of its presence the limited subject is able
to see the real nature of the intellect and can distinguish
happiness and others faom the mass of objects which are refle-