[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c92.71 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.71 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.71 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.71) ¹⁷⁰⁸ In the तन्त्र works the letters of the bījas in mantras are often indicated in a roundabout or mystic way. One example about the प्राथमिक-बीज ह्रीं may be set out here. प्राणेशस्तैजसारूढो भेरुण्डा व्योमबिन्दुमान् (महानिर्वाण V. 10), here ह् is प्राणेश, र् is तैजस, ई is भेरुण्डा, व्योमबिन्दु is अनुस्वार and this gives the bīja ह्रीम्; ह्रीं and क्री are described in नित्याषोडशिका० (I. 162-64) in a similar way. ह्रीं and श्रीं are respectively the बीजs of माया (or भुवनेश्वरी) and of लक्ष्मी. Vide मातृकानिघण्टु (Tāntrik Texts Vol I. 5-22, pp 26-34 for बीजनिघण्टु, pp 35-45 for मातृकानिघण्टु I. e. for ओम् and letters of the alphabet from अ to क्ष) Every bīja mantra must have the \*bindu\* on it, as in Hrīṁ, Śrīṁ, Krīṁ &c. 'विन्दुयोगं विना बीजत्वायोगात्' (सेतुबन्ध p 50 on नित्याषोडशिकार्णव). - [Previous: v7.c92.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.70) - [Next: v7.c92.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.72) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) ## Cites (3) - [Mahānirvāṇatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kali.mahanirvana) — Sanskrit - [Setubandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prakrit.setubandha) — Pravarasena II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.srividya.tantra.nityasodasikarnava) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.71) · Pramāṇa