shakti
shakti noun: the divine force that pervades the universe.
Noun
shakti (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Shakti
Shakti
- 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.
- In yoga the feminine principle is Shakti, the Great Goddess experienced by all initiates of the Tantric process of transformation.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 115
shakti meaning in Marathi, Malayalam and Sanskrit
shakti in Marathi
- Shakti, the Supreme God
- ठाकूर ṭhākūr
shakti in Malayalam
- Shakti, Supreme God, 'The Divine Mother'
- ശക്തി śakti
shakti in Sanskrit
- a shakti or form of Durga
- कुण्डलिनी kuṇḍalinī
Origin of shakti
From Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, “power, energy”).
Phrases with shakti
Questions about shakti
- What does shakti mean?
- Shakti means the divine force that pervades the universe.
- What is shakti in Marathi?
- Shakti in Marathi is ठाकूर (ṭhākūr). See Shakti meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is shakti?
- Shakti can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near shakti in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shakti (page history and authors); Shakti (page history and authors); ठाकूर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ശക്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); कुण्डलिनी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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