Depictions of an aspect of this figure show the attendants Dakini and Varnini drinking from three streams of blood erupting from that aspect’s self-decaptiated neck. A stone representing an aspect of this figure is draped with a red cloth that is cut and given away during the Ambubachi Mela. The five downward-pointing triangles of the Sri Yantra represent this central figure of the tantric Sri Vidya tradition. The Lalita Sahasranama lists a thousand names for this figure as the aspect Tripura Sundari, one of the ten (*) Mahavidya. This figure’s namesake Mahatmya climaxes with a battle between their aspect and the buffalo demon Mahishasura. The yoni is a symbol of this figure, who names the third largest tradition in Hinduism after Shaivism and Vaishnavism. For 10 points, name this primordial Hindu goddess whose aspects include Parvati. ■END■
ANSWER: Shakti [or Shakta; or Shakteyas; or Mahadevi; or Adi Parashakti; or Mahamaya; accept Devi Mahatmyam; prompt on the Divine Mother; prompt on Parvati prior to mention by asking “as an aspect of what figure?”; prompt on Saraswati, Lakshmi, Kali, Kama, Chhinamasta, or Durga by asking "as an aspect of what figure?"; prompt on Tripura Sundari or Lalita until read by asking "as an aspect of what figure?"]
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