apara
अपर aparāThe lower or 'non-supreme' level of the graded triad of reality and speech (para, parapara, apara) in the Trika scheme.
Where this term appears
- What is Kashmir Shaivism? Philosophy
The name comes from the triads the system loves: the three goddesses Para, Parapara, and Apara; the three energies of will, knowledge, and action; the three levels of self from the individual to the absolute.
- The Chariot Treatise
Presided over by the Para-Apara-Rahasya - Lalita herself with Kameshvara.
- The Court Treatise
…he supreme speech), Parapara (the medium, the differentiated speech), Apara (the lower, the manifest speech).
- The Fire She Came From Treatise
…s Time itself into herself) and the three goddesses Para , Parapara , Apara (the high, medium, and lower forms of speech/awareness).
- The Mantra, At Architecture Treatise
…into the 21st century - preserve mantras drawn from the Para-Parapara-Apara framework of the Trika.
- The Manuals Treatise
Kshemaraja’s Pratyabhijnahridaya . The various texts of the Para-Parapara-Apara worship tradition.
- The Three Cities Treatise
…three principal goddesses - Para (the higher), Parapara (the medium), Apara (the lower) - map onto these three powers, with Para as the source of iccha , Parapara as the field of jnana , Apara as the operation …
- Two Worships, Four Yagas Treatise
The Kashmir Shaiva successor lineages’ external worship draws on the Trika tradition’s Para-Parapara-Apara ritual sequences alongside the Sri Vidya material.