Shakti
or Sak·ti
the female principle or organ of generative power.
the wife of a deity, especially of Shiva.: Compare Divine Mother.
Origin of Shakti
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How to use Shakti in a sentence
In Tantra, the goddess Shakti is the primordial deity, her name coming from the Sanskrit word shak, meaning "power."
In the Tantric model, it's Shakti who brings healing and enlightenment to the god Shiva, just as Neytiri does with Jake.
It has been said by one: beware the left, the cult of Shakti.
Ulysses | James JoyceIn some cases a single female personating the Shakti is to be procured.
Phallic Miscellanies | Hargrave JenningsSuch is the preliminary called the purification of the Shakti.
Phallic Miscellanies | Hargrave Jennings
The Great God thus addresses Shakti, when he asks her to describe the duties of women.
The Position of Woman in Primitive Society | C. Gasquoine HartleyThis is why, in India, woman has been described as the symbol of Shakti, the creative power.
Creative Unity | Rabindranath Tagore
British Dictionary definitions for Shakti
/ (ˈʃʌktɪ) /
a variant of Sakti
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