Shakti

or Sak·ti

[shuhk-tee]

noun Hinduism.

the female principle or organ of generative power.
the wife of a deity, especially of Shiva.Compare Divine Mother.

Origin of Shakti

From the Sanskrit word śakti

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Contemporary Examples of shakti

In the Tantric model, it's Shakti who brings healing and enlightenment to the god Shiva, just as Neytiri does with Jake.
The Tantric Sex in Avatar
Asra Q. Nomani
March 4, 2010

Historical Examples of shakti

This is why, in India, woman has been described as the symbol of Shakti, the creative power.
Creative Unity
Rabindranath Tagore
It has been said by one: beware the left, the cult of Shakti.
Ulysses
James Joyce
In some cases a single female personating the Shakti is to be procured.
Phallic Miscellanies
Hargrave Jennings
Such 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 Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for shakti

Shakti

noun

a variant of Sakti

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Word Origin and History for shakti

Shakti

from Sanskrit saknoti "is able, is strong," from PIE root *kak- "to enable, help."