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The Essence of the Tantra8.86

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शब्दतन्मात्रं क्षुभितं वायुः शब्दस् तु अस्य नभसा विरहाभावात्

Transliteration (IAST)

śabdatanmātraṃ kṣubhitaṃ vāyuḥ śabdas tu asya nabhasā virahābhāvāt

— the agitated sound-subtle-element ; — air (the element) ; — sound (as its quality) ; — because of the absence of separation from ether

The agitated sound-subtle-element is air; and sound is its (quality), because air is never separated from ether.