Packet 4: Tossup 18

A punning Sanskrit maxim holds that a certain god without this concept is a corpse. The sanctum of one of this concept’s so-called “seats” contains a cleft rock said to be cast from the sky by Vishnu. The Kamakshi Amman and Kamakhya temples are among 51 or (15[1])108 shrines named for this concept built (15[1])where pieces of a deity’s body were scattered. (15[1])A chakra form of this concept (-5[1])that coils like a serpent at the base of the spine (-5[1])is (-5[1])called (*) kundalini (-5[1])in tantric (-5[1])yoga. (-5[2])The orientations of yantra triangles contrast either prakriti or this abstract concept with Shiva. Assam and Bengal are centers of the Kalikula form of a tradition that reveres this divine energy in the form of Saraswati, (10[1]-5[1])Parvati, (10[1]-5[1])and (10[1])other aspects (10[2])of Mahādevī. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, a Hindu denomination that stresses goddess-worship (-5[1])is named for what feminine (-5[1])power? (0[1])■END■ (10[9]0[6])

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