Shakti
or Sak·ti
[shuhk-tee]
- the female principle or organ of generative power.
- the wife of a deity, especially of Shiva.Compare Divine Mother.
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Origin of Shakti
From the Sanskrit word śakti
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Examples from the Web for shakti
Contemporary Examples
In the Tantric model, it's Shakti who brings healing and enlightenment to the god Shiva, just as Neytiri does with Jake.
Historical Examples
This is why, in India, woman has been described as the symbol of Shakti, the creative power.
Creative UnityRabindranath Tagore
It has been said by one: beware the left, the cult of Shakti.
UlyssesJames Joyce
In some cases a single female personating the Shakti is to be procured.
Phallic MiscellaniesHargrave Jennings
Such is the preliminary called the purification of the Shakti.
Phallic MiscellaniesHargrave Jennings
The Great God thus addresses Shakti, when he asks her to describe the duties of women.
The Position of Woman in Primitive SocietyC. Gasquoine Hartley
Shakti
- a variant of Sakti
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Word Origin and History for shakti
Shakti
n.
from Sanskrit saknoti "is able, is strong," from PIE root *kak- "to enable, help."
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