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of willl(Prakasa and Vimarsa or Svatantrya). When the Absolute free will, which in the sphere of duality is technically called Māyā, obscures its aspect of consciousness, there remains only the self or Prakasa without consciousness or Vimarsa i.e. freedom of will. There is multiplicity of such selves. They are not universal, but limited beings. These beings correspond to the Buddhistic conception of the subject, technically called Alaya Vijnana. And because they are "Prakasa" without "Vimarsa", they are technically called "Vijnana kevala". At this stage there is no consciousness of loss or obscuration of the power of free will. Attainment of this stage is recognised by the Bauddhas to be liberation (Moksa or Kaivalya).

But when the other aspect of Anavamala, the ignorance of freedom of will, is operative, there arises a different personality, which is characterised by negation of knowledge (Ajnana or Abodha). It is completely dissociated from the objective world, and, therefore, it is contentless, empty or blank. And as such it is called Sunya Pramata, Ithis constituted by the Self as identified with absence of knowledge (Ajnāna),

The idea of 'Sunya Pramata' will become clear to the students of the western philosphy, if we compare it with Hegel's conception of natural soul which may be stated as follows :-

Hegelian system is a system of triads: but the whole system itself is concerned with a single triad of (i) Idea (ii) Nature and (iii) Spirit. This triad represents three stages of the mind.

I. The primal mind, the mind as it is before the manifestation of the world, the mind, which is entirely abstract, is the subject matter of his Logic.