Go to <<<TATTVAS-36.htm>>> for elaboration on Tattvas.

Siva, Sakti, Nada, and Bindu form the Tetralogy of Saiva Siddhanta.

Paraparam: Supreme Supreme, Beyond the beyond

Paraparai: the Sakti aspect of Paraparam

Nada and Bindu: Aspects of Sakti.

Para Nada: Supreme Nada or Subtle Sound, Nada is the the product of Sakti Tattva, one of the Suddha Tattvas.  (See Tattvas-36 Chart) Its other name is Sadasiva Tattva--the One who confers Grace.

Para Bindu: Supreme Bindu. Isvara Tattva. Bindu: Dot, Light; A product of  Nada (or Sadasiva Tattva.) 

Supreme Siva,  1st perfection, Siva Linga, Absolute Reality, Paramatman or Supreme Atman, Nirguna Brahman (Brahman without attributes or ParaBrahman, Brahman without Parvati), A-Tattva (Beyond Tattva),  Niskala (No Kala [parts] = No manifested Sakti), Niskriya (No action = actionless), Asabda (No sound = beyond sound = unmanifest sound), Amanaska (without Manas or mind), Nir-vikalpa Samadhi (absence of differentiation; union; absorption, nondual state between Yogi and Brahman). Siva is Niskala, meaning he has no parts, he is whole, he is undivided, he is absolute or Nirguna Brahman--Brahman without attributes.

Horizontal relationship among entities:

Nirguna Brahman = Supreme Narayana (Adhi Narayana) = Parasambhu Siva = Brahmamayi (Here you get an instance where attributeless Brahman becomes Clinical Brahman [Saguna Brahman, Brahman with attributes] who can be any of the following depending on the sect of the worshipper: Vishnu of Vaishnavas, Siva of Saivites, or Devi of Saktas (worshippers of Mother Goddess.) Their common ontologic superior is genderless non-sectarian Para Brahman or Nirguna Brahman.

Parasakti: 2nd perfection, Sakala (many forms; consisting of parts as opposed to Niskala), Saguna Brahman (Brahman with attributes, Sabda Brahman or Sound Brahman, Sakala Siva with attributes and actions, Saguna Brahman with maya Parvati), Sat-Chit-Ananda (Sachidananda, Being-Consciousness-Bliss), Sa-vikalpa Samadhi (Duality between object and Subject [Yogi and Brahman], differentiation.)

Paramesvara: 3rd Perfection, Paramapurusa (Supreme Purusa), manifest Brahman --clinical Brahman, Siva-Sakti.

The Supreme Paramasiva (Parabrahman Siva)  lives in Satyaloka. Sambhu lives in Maharloka. Sadasiva, Isa, Rudra, Vishnu, and Brahma, whose abodes are Tapoloka, Janaloka, Svarloka, Bhuvarloka and Bhurloka,  preside over the five elements respectively: Earth, water, fire, air, and ether.