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परापर parāpara

The intermediate, 'supreme-and-non-supreme' level between the supreme (para) and the lower (apara) in the Trika scheme of reality and speech.

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

    …i (action) - and on the relationship between these three and the Para-Parapara-Apara triad of the Trika tradition.

  • The Court Treatise

    …dess-theology three goddesses: Para (the higher, the supreme speech), Parapara (the medium, the differentiated speech), Apara (the lower, the manifest speech).

  • The Fire She Came From Treatise

    …li who draws 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

    …practice 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

    The Trika tradition’s 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 , A…

  • 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.

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