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The Essence of the Tantra8.85

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तत्र शब्दतन्मात्रात् क्षुभितात् अवकाशदानव्यापारं नभः शब्दस्य वाच्याध्यासावकाशसहत्वात्

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra śabdatanmātrāt kṣubhitāt avakāśadānavyāpāraṃ nabhaḥ śabdasya vācyādhyāsāvakāśasahatvāt

— from the agitated sound-subtle-element ; — whose function is the giving of space ; — ether (the element) ; — because sound entails the room for the superimposition of a referent

There, from the agitated sound-subtle-element arises ether, whose function is the giving of space — since sound entails the room for the superimposition of a referent.