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 Besides these, there are many other books which he wrote but we now learn their names only mentioned here and there, in the works of other writers. Most of the books mentioned above are also not forthcoming anywhere even here in Kashmir and it is, therefore, believed that they might have been lost or burnt along with many other literary treasures during the time the Pathāns held sway over this country. Only a few of them which seem to have escaped destruction have been found and are being prepared for publication in this Series.

Subject-matter :-

 Before manifestation of Jñāna and Kriya Shaktis of Parama Shiva, the origin of the Mātrikās from अ to ह found its key-note in the first vibratory movement or the flutter of the sound produced by pronouncing the word अहं. It is after this that His Will Power (Ichchhā Shakti) branched off, as it were, into two divisions, viz., those of Jñāna (knowledge) and Kriyă (action). From the Jñāna Shakti originated the Anta. karana (the seat of thought and feeling, being the collective name of Manas, Ahankāra and Buddhi).

 The five Buddhendriyas called otherwise Jñānendriyas (perceptive organs) are but the