Svātantrya (from the Sanskrit sva meaning self and tantram meaning dependence - 'self-dependency', or 'free will') is the Kashmiri Shaivite concept of divine sovereignty. Svātantrya is described as an energy that emanates from the Supreme (Paramaśiva) , a wave of motion inside consciousness (spanda) that acts as the fundament of the world , or in another view, the original word (logos, pārāvak). It does not use any external instrument at it itself is the first stage of creation.