Round 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 108 shrines named for this concept built where pieces of a deity’s body were scattered. (15[1])A chakra form of this concept that coils like a serpent at the base of the spine is called (*) kundalini (-5[1])in tantric yoga. 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, Parvati, (10[1])and other aspects of Mahādevī. For 10 points, a Hindu denomination that stresses goddess-worship is named for what feminine power? ■END■

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