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Power of Action (Kriyā-Śakti)

The fifth power: will and knowing carried all the way out into an actual world.

Kriyā-śakti is the power of action — the final power by which what was willed and known is carried all the way into expression and becomes the actual, concrete world. It is the divine's creativity made effective: the experience is no longer merely intended or imagined but fully there. In the unfolding of manifestation it comes last, completing the movement from will through knowledge to deed.

Key passages(3)

Tantrasāra · Abhinavagupta

High

Spanda-kārikā · Bhaṭṭa Kallaṭa

High

Śiva-stotrāvalī · Utpaladeva

High