"Shiva and Shakti are the two names given to the monistic Absolute (Paramasiva) when it is being considered in its dual aspects of eternal and transcendent changelessness (Shiva), and the ever-changing and immanent manifestation of universal appearances (Shakti)."
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Balajinnatha Pandita, in Specific Principles of Kashmir Shaivism (3rd edition, 2008), p. 18
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