ever infinitely attenuated in nivytti) and so are the powers of matter. These powers are not only active but also intelligent. The proper state of existence of these powers is'the state of nivrtti or rest as the abstraction from all phenomena, When these powers pass from the state of rest into their causal and transitory state of activity the phenomenal world comes into existence and it again ceases to exist when the powers repass from pravrtti to nivytti. This nivrtti is 'the Prajfiiil and the pravrtti is said to be the Upiiya,' Prajiiii is said to be the abstraction from all effects while Upiiya is the concretion of all effects or activities. ' In the Aisvarika school these Prajiiii and Upiiya are deified as Adi-Prajfig and Adi-Buddha and the visible world is said to be created from the union of the two. as the principle According to the Priijiiikas "uddha of active power first proceeds from nivytti or AdiPrajfiii and then associates with her and from their union proceeds the actual visible world. -The principle is symbolized as Prajiiii being first the mother well-known and then the wife of the Buddha. "he triad of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha has often been explained as Prajfiii (Dharma), Upiiya (Buddha) and the world (Sangha) produced by their union. 'Buddha' generally symbolizes the generative power. --
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A sub-division of the Svgbhavika school. is interesting to compare with it the Sakta cosmological tradition of thc Adi-Sakti, who is the mother of Siva and again the wife of Siva in creating the world. The above principle has often been explained also by the analogy of the Yoni. It is said, 'That Yoni, from which the world was made manifest is the tri-koniikiirayantra. In the midst of the yantra or tri-kona is a bindu: from the lindu Adi-PmjrlQ revealed herself by her own will. Prom one side of the triangle Adi-Prajfiti produced Buddha a d from another side Dharrna and from the third side Sari.gha.' (Quoted by Hodgson, page 126). I t is also very interesting here to compare with it, the well-known triangular ~ a n t mof the Hindu Tantras. Cf.' also: trihq&hra-sambh2ito dbrrnoclaya iti srnytakand from it originated the whole. universe end all the ode and pddeeses.-See Acintybduoyo-kmw-padek. MI. (c.L.~. No. 18114) p. 1P(A).
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