Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped.
The necklace around her neck, made of fifty scorpions, looks beautiful ”.
The garland of letters that (hangs from) the neck of the goddess (reaches) the soles (of her) feet. The garland of vowels on her head rains down a stream of nectar. (She holds) a skull, a rosary, the five immortal substances, an ascetic’s staff, the Kādi scripture, conch, and the great nectar which is filled constantly with (the recitation of her Trikhaṇḍā Vidyā) consisting of 292 syllables. Varṇamālā (वर्णमाला) refers to a “garland of letters”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.-Accordingly, “(Kubjikā’s) iconic form is threefold (according to whether it is) in (the transmission) of the Child, Middle One or the Aged.
Varnamala in Shaktism glossary Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram
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