Bindumalini, Bindumālinī, Bindu-malini: 1 definition
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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramBindumālinī (बिन्दुमालिनी) is a name for the Goddess (i.e., “she who embodies all the letters”) according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The goddess, who is the embodiment of all the phonemic energies, each of which correspond to a world, is thus also the series of worlds in the body of the Triangle. In the centre, she is the Point (bindu), which is Mālinī, and so she is called Bindumālinī. She embodies all the letters, each governed by a Yoginī, arranged in an alphabetical order that begins with Na and ends with Pha. The fifty gods attending on Mālinī govern the same fifty letters but these are arranged in the usual alphabetical order and are projected into the Triangle and around the sides.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
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