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The Essence of the Tantra8.57

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एवं किञ्चित्कर्तृत्वं यत् मायाकार्यं तत्र किञ्चित् त्व् अविशिष्टं यत् कर्तृत्वं विशेष्यं तत्र व्याप्रियमाणा कला विद्यादिप्रसवहेतुः इति निरूपितम्

Transliteration (IAST)

evaṃ kiñcitkartṛtvaṃ yat māyākāryaṃ tatra kiñcit tv aviśiṣṭaṃ yat kartṛtvaṃ viśeṣyaṃ tatra vyāpriyamāṇā kalā vidyādiprasavahetuḥ iti nirūpitam

— an effect of Māyā ; — unqualified (as the qualifier) ; — the qualificand (that which is qualified) ; — being operative ; — kalā (limited agency) ; — the cause of the bringing-forth of Knowledge and the rest ; — it has been determined

Thus, in the limited agency that is an effect of Māyā, the "limited" is the qualifier while the "agency" is the qualificand. It has been determined that kalā, being operative there, is the cause of the bringing-forth of Knowledge and the rest.