History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1989

v7.c99.1989

Śaktı (vide under Devī, Durgā, Kālī, Kundalinī, cakras, five Makāras), conceived to be the primordial source governing all activity in the universe, 1141, different names of Ś. or Kālī in Purānas like Matsya, Kūrma, Brahma, 1041-42, doctrine of Vedānta that *brahma* is endowed with all powers might have suggested all engrossing power of Ś 1045n, ideas associated with Ś and Śacī in Ṛg are those of creation, protection, valour and bounty 1043, is all pervading, most subtle, is the Kundalinī coiled like a snake and manifests herself in the form of the fifty letters of the alphabet from *a* to *kṣa* 1061, name Bhadrakālī occurs in Śāṅ gṛ and Manu 1042, Kaulāvalīnirṇaya asserts that if a man, after partaking of *bhāṅg*, engages in meditation, he directly sees the deity, 1082, praise of Devī spoken of as primordial Śaktı, that all gods including Śiva himself derive their powers from her 1058, Ṛgveda speaks of the Ś. of the great gods, but they are Śaktıs of the gods and not separate creative principles 1043, śāstras opposed to Veda like Kāpāla, Bhairava, Yāmala, Vāma, Arhata were propagated by Devī for deluding the world 1042, sometimes the word 'Māyā' is used with Indra, instead of Śakti 1043; when worshipped with offerings of wine, flesh and edibles becomes pleased 1042, 1058, word Ś occurs about a dozen times in Ṛgveda, five times with Indra, twice with pıtṛs, once with Aśvins 1043, worshipped generally under the name Devī 1041, worship of, necessarily requires wine and other makāras acc to several Tantra works 1082.