History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.79
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.79
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Śakti assumes the form of Kuṇḍalinī in the human body. From Śambhu in the form of *bindu* arise in order Sadāśiva, Īśa, Rudra, Viṣṇu, Brahmā; from the *avyakta bindu* arise in order the mahat-tattva, ahaṅkāra and the other tattvas mentioned in the Sāṅkhya system. Śakti is all-pervading and yet more subtle than the subtlest, she is the Kuṇḍalinī coiled like a serpent and manifests herself in the form of the fifty letters of the Sanskrit alphabet (from 'a' to 'kṣa').