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Tada sarvavarana-malapetasya jnana-syanaatyaj jneyam alpam.
Tada = then (after Dharma-Megha-Samadhi when one is free from the bondage of Karma); Sarva = all; Avarana = veil; Mala = impurities; Apetasya = devoid of; ...

 


Two powers are said to be ever busy: the Avarana-Sakti or the veiling power, and the Vikshepa-Sakti or the projecting power. The latter becomes the cause of the creation of the universe from the subtle elements of the gross cosmos.

The non-intelligent form of maya is concealed by avarana shakti. Avarana Shakti is the concealing force of Vrtra within the Rg Veda. This keeps the kundalini within a Tamasic state, commonly referred to as sleeping or dormant.

of knowledge (and as such, rather than being a continuous entity... it may be compared to a succession of perfectly elastic, friction-free billiard balls hitting each other), which is regarded as a vehicle carrying karmic imprints (skt. avarana or ...

Asmita: Egoism.
Asteya: Abstinence from theft.
Asuddhi: Impurity.
Atyanta: Complete.
Aushadhi: Herbs; medicine; drug.
Avarana: Covering; veil of ignorance.
Avidya: Ignorance.
Avyakritam: Undifferentiated.

See also: India, Mind, Brahma, Karma, Brahman