Svātantrya is Śiva’s sovereign freedom, identified with his power. By it consciousness, without any material outside itself, appears as the universe, limits itself as individual selves and frees itself again. Kashmir Śaivism makes this freedom, rather than māyā, the explanation of the world.
Svātantrya
Freedom: the absolute autonomy of consciousness to manifest, conceal and reveal itself.
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