Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c15.45

v2.c15.45

the Pāśupatas call all dependent objects as effect; in conformity with this their definition of kārya, they bring Jīvātman or paśu, which they admit as eternal, under the category of kārya because it is dependent upon the paramātman or Pati. The Being who is endowed with the powers of creation, destruction and protection, the Lord Paramēśvara, is known to their philosophy as the kāraṇa. His attributes are Jñānaśakti and Kriyāśakti, which are eternally with him, not as are acquired after a stage by the perfected human souls.