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saktiṃ

((Speer’), so 11 603 (sv sdktr), mit Lit - saktipama-, s

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Senses

1. صَكتِ-

((Speer’), so 11 603 (sv sdktr), mit Lit - saktipama-, s

2. śakti

śakti or śakti f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātmaś or svaś, ‘according to ability’; paraṃśaktyā, ‘with all one's might’; vittaśaktyā, ‘according to the capability of one's property’; śaktimahāpayitvā, ‘not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strengt

3. śakti

the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife and worshipped by the Śākta ( q.v. ) sect of Hindūs under various names (sometimes only three, sometimes eight Śakti goddesses are enumerated, as follow, Indrāṇī , Vaiṣṇavī , Śāntā , Brahmāṇī , Kaumārī , Nārasiṃhī , Vārāhī , and Māheśvarī

4. śakti

the power or signification of a word (defined in the Nyāya as padasya padA rTe sambanDaH i.e. ‘the relation of a word to the thing designated’), Bhāṣāp. ; Sāh.

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Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 2, scan p. 631; entry #4710 Review: Under source audit

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