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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Google Books: The Canon of the Śaivāgama and the The Kubjikā Tantras

Mudrāpīṭha (मुद्रापीठ).—The Kubjikāmata-tantra explains that the Mudrāpīṭha is characterized by the joining of the two hands flat together. The left hand symbolizes creation (sṛṣṭi) and the right, destruction (saṃhāra). The union of the two is the ‘Kuṇḍalinī of the Self’ which is the Supreme Power, the primordial energy ‘Beyond Mind’ (manonmanī). It is the Supreme Gesture (mudrā) that brings about universal pervasion, and he who knowst it, knows the entire universe. When the hands are joined, the emissive power of consciousness (visarga-śakti) rises up out of the genital region and comes to reside in the foundation of this Gesture by uniting creation and destruction.a-pīṭha.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Mudrāpīṭha (मुद्रापीठ) refers to the Seat of Scripture associated with Oḍiyāna, one of the sacred seats (pīṭha), according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—On the basis of hardly more than a hint in the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, it outlines a scheme of sixteen parts for each seat, conscious, no doubt, that this is an ideal number. The commentary normally limits itself to do no more than explain what is presented in the text. This is one of the few instances it adds substantially to its contents [i.e., Seats of Scripture—Mudrāpīṭha]. Presumably this is because when it was written the presentation of the features of the seats on this model was the accepted norm.

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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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Partial matches: Mudra, Pitha, Pita.

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