The overall meaning of these associations is summarized by Stella Kramrisch: Through these transcendent categories, iva, the ultimate reality, becomes the efficient and material cause of all that exists.
ষ্টেলা ক্ৰ্যামৰিকে এই সম্মিলনৰ সামগ্ৰিক অৰ্থ সম্পৰ্কে মন্তব্য কৰিছে: Through these transcendent categories, Śiva, the ultimate reality, becomes the efficient and material cause of all that exists.