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Shak⋅ti

[shuhk-tee]
–noun Hinduism.
1. the female principle or organ of generative power.
2. the wife of a deity, esp. of Shiva. Compare Divine Mother.
Also, Sakti.


Origin:
< Skt śakti
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Shak·ti   (shŭk'tē, shäk'-)   
n.   pl. Shak·tis Hinduism
  1. The active manifest power that creates the universe.

  2. The consort of the male expression of the divine, especially of the god Shiva.


[Sanskrit śaktiḥ, from śaknoti, he is strong.]
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