A form of this being named kundalini awakens inside a person and helps them achieve the state of yoga.
Much of an eighth-century text called the Waves of Beauty focuses on enumerating the positive aspects of this being. The philosopher Adi Shankara was told by this being that he had the power to remove a corpse from a road. A form of this being named kundalini awakens inside a person and helps them achieve the state of yoga. A different form of this being is worshiped on each of the nine nights of Navratri. The third-largest denomination of Hinduism, following Vaishnava and Shaivism, focuses on worshiping this being. The Maya Devi temple in Haridwar, where the heart and the naval of Sati fell to the Earth, and Kamakhya in the Himalayas, where the same thing happened to Sati's vulva, are considered one of the 51 "peetha" dedicated to this being's worship. It is said that without this being, (*) Shiva is unable to create anything. Parvati is considered a gentle aspect of this being, whose chief manifestation is Durga. For 10 points, name this feminine cosmic power and energy in Hinduism, of whom all Hindu goddesses are merely forms.
Much of an eighth-century text called the Waves of Beauty focuses on enumerating the positive aspects of this being.
Shakti [or Devi; or Adi Parashakti; prompt on any of the following until "all Hindu goddesses" is read: Durga, Kali, Parvati, Sati, Radha, Sita, Lakshmi]