Based on Alexis Sanderson's classification
Agent receives information through passive observation or dialogue, but remains fundamentally unchanged in status or abilities.
Agent is permanently transformed — gains new status, authority, or supernatural capacities through abhiṣeka or siddhi.
Agent actively performs magic on external targets; effects manifest in waking reality (māraṇa, vaśīkaraṇa, uccāṭana).
Dream consciousness structure transformed through yogic methods (svapnasvapna, jāgratsvapna, heart-cakra meditation).
kuṇḍalānyajinaṃ sūtraṃ siddhadravyāṇi yāni ca ||
vyādhinigrahame vākyavaśyākarṣaṇameva ca ||
māraṇoccāṭanādīni stambhastambhana jādiṣu |
nāvāśakaṭayantrāṇāṃ bhedanaṃ jambhanaṃ tathā ||
śāntika pauṣṭikaṃ caiva saubhāgyakaraṇaṃ tathā |
evamādīni yānīha pūrvaṃ tantre pracoditāḥ ||
anyānyapi hi karmāṇi sādhayet parameśvarī ||
svasthāveśanamevānyat paratantropacārataḥ ||
eṣā devī samutpannā pādacakrāṅkaraṅkinī ||
atītānāgataṃ sarvaṃ vartamānaṃ ca yadbhavet ||
triguṇena tu jāpena śṛṇute sarvameva hi ||
susiddhāmānave devi svapnākhyaṃ sādhayiṣyati ||
evaṃ kālatrayaṃ jñātvā kurukarma yathecchayā ||
nigrahānugrahaṃ karma kurvanta pratihanyate ||
tarpayitvā parāṃ devīṃ gandha-puṣpa-akṣata-āsavaiḥ ||
āsvādyānandapātrāṇi trīṇi tīvrāṇi tanmanāḥ |
svasaṃrambhaparāmarśabhavyāmanubhavan prathām ||
dūtyāḥ stanataṭotsaṅgam-aparāṅgena pīḍayan ||
pradīpaiḥ kuśalaireva pradīptairaparokṣitaḥ |
āste sma vismayākrāntaḥ kahlārotphullalocanaḥ ||
sa dadarśa kilollokāṃ sindūra-alaṅkṛta-ālikām ||
ālokya ca sa tāṃ siddhāṃ kurvannāsanna-māsanam |
upāharadudāraśrīḥ pūjopakaraṇaṃ kramāt ||
dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśakti dātuṃ dūtīṃ samādiśat |
mahārāṣṭrabhuvāṃ bhāṣāṃ prayuñjānā smitottaram |
saptasaṃkhyocitāṃ mudrāṃ badhnatī hastapallave ||
abuddhaṃ buddhaṃ prabuddhaṃ suprabuddham
gataāgataṃ suvikṣiptaṃ saṃgataṃ susamāhitam ||
uditaṃ vipulaṃ śāntaṃ suprasannam
manonmana, ananta, sarvatobhadra
satataodita
yasya yad yat sphuṭaṃ rūpaṃ tajjāgraditi manyatām |
yadevaāsthiramābhāti svarūpaṃ svapna īdṛśaḥ ||
asphuṭaṃ tu yadābhāti suṣuptaṃ tat puro'pi yat |
srakṣūtrakalpaṃ tat tūrya sarvabhedeṣu gṛhyatām ||
unawakened (abuddha), awakened (buddha), fully awakened (prabuddha), supremely awakened (suprabuddha)
gone-and-come (gataāgata), well-dispersed (suvikṣipta), gathered (saṃgata), well-collected (susamāhita)
arisen (udita), vast (vipula), peaceful (śānta), supremely clear (suprasanna)
mind-and-beyond-mind (manonmana), infinite (ananta), auspicious-in-all-directions (sarvatobhadra)
perpetually shining (satataodita)
"Whatever appears clearly (sphuṭa) - consider that waking; Whatever appears unstable - such is dream; Whatever appears unclearly (asphuṭa) - that is deep sleep; Consider turya like a thread-string in all divisions."