[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c92.77 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.77 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.77 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.77) It is necessary now to turn to the Śāradātilaka which belongs to about the 11th century A. D. That work is divided into 25 \*paṭalas\* and contains over 4500 verses It presents in the beginning a somewhat abstruse and involved philosophy. It says that Śiva is both \*nirguṇa\* and \*saguṇa\*, the former being different from Prakṛti, the latter being associated with Prakṛti. Then it describes the order of evolution and manifestation as follows :—From the Saguna Parameśvara described as "Sac-cidānanda-vibhava' Śakti¹⁷¹⁴ proceeds; from the latter arises \*nāda\* (\*para\*) and from nāda arises \*bindu\* (\*para\*) which is divided into three viz. bindu (\*apara\*), \*nāda\* (\*apara\*) and \*bīja\*; the first is indentified with Śiva, \*bīja\* being Śakti and \*nāda\* being the coming together of the two (Śiva and Śakti). Śakti creates the worlds, she is \*śabda-bhahma\* (I. 56) and is called \*parāśakti\* (I. 52) and \*para-devatā\* (I. 57). She flashes like lightning in the \*ādhāra-cakra\*.¹⁷¹⁵ - [Previous: v7.c92.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.76) - [Next: v7.c92.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.78) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) ## Cites (1) - [Śāradātilaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhana.other.saradatilaka.1.56) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.77) · Pramāṇa