The nasal resonance ('m' hum) written as a dot (bindu) that closes a syllable, especially a bija; read in Tantra as the union of Shiva and Shakti.

Where this term appears

• Bija: The Seed-Syllables Treatise →

  And there is a closing resonance, the nasal hum written as a dot above the line, the anusvara or bindu .

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