Who is MAYA OR PRAKRITI & its attributes?

[anirvan]

"sadeba soumyedmagra asidekamebadwitiyam!
ityupkramya tadaikshat bahusyam prajayeya iti"!!
Chhandyogyopanisad.

Arunu said " hey swaetaketu, before evolving into this creation,the universe was in the form of SAT ,one and only.this one and only sat thought/decided that he will become many.

"satyaloke nirakara mahajyotih-swarupini !
mayachhaditatmanam chanakararupini !!
Mayavalkalm samtyajya dwidhabhinna yadonmukhi!
shivashakti vibhagena jayate sristi kalpana !! (nirvana tantra)

In Satyaloka,the formless mahajyoti swaroop parambrahma embeds himself within his own-mahajyotiswaroopa maya like a Peas seeds and remains in his sat state.
As in a peas seed, two half stays united along with the germ bud wrapped with the skin, similarly the prakriti-purusha are two half of the seeds ,remains along with the brahma-chaitanya(germ bud) and the skin as Maya.

The prakrita-purusha/siva-shakti burst open from the skin of maya and create the Universe/jiva-jagat.

why its called ;"prakriti -purusha along with the brahma-chaitanya"??
Because the prakriti-purushatmaka jiva become conscious/chetana because of brahma-chaitanya.once this chaitanya leaves the body,jiva becomes dead.

I will become many--the very desire converts the supreme brahman into manifest chaitanya/purusha and the desire becomes mulatita mula prakriti !

In the matter of senses,body as effect,the cause is prakriti, and in the matter of enjoyment of happiness and sorrow,the cause is purusha.(BG 13/20,Bhagabatam 3/26/8)

Purushasya darsanartham kaibalyartham tatha pradhanasya !
pangwavat ubhayorapi samyogstatkrutah swargah!! (samkhyakarika)

Prakriti is achetana/acit,so blind.purusha motioness,so handicapped.but when a blind carry a limp/motionless,the motionless will guide path to the blind and both
can reach a destination,similarly prakriti-purusha combined create and sustain the creation.