Shakti
See also: shakti
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, “power, energy”).
Proper noun
[edit]Shakti
- (Hinduism) The Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 115:
- In yoga the feminine principle is Shakti, the Great Goddess experienced by all initiates of the Tantric process of transformation.
