Shaktan.

Brit.

/ˈʃɑːktə/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑktə/

Forms: Also 1800s Sacta, 1800s– Sakta.

Etymology: < Sanskrit śākta relating to power or to the Shakti; a worshipper of the Shakti.

A member of one of the principal sects of modern Hinduism which worships the Shakti or divine energy, especially as identified with Durgā, the wife of Shiva. Also attributive. Cf. Saiva n. and adj.

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Shakta1810

1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 116 Those, of whatever sect, who worship exclusively the female power..are called Sactas.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXIV. 443/1 The Hindús are almost always either 1. Vaïshnavas..; 2. Saïvas..; or 3. Sáktas.

1920 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 93/1 The Sāktas base their doctrines on the assumption that through Śiva and Sakti there is a drop, Bindu, formed which develops into a female element Nāda (sound), containing in itself the names of all things to be created.

1931 G. Macmunn Relig. India 69 The Sakta groups have borrowed much from aboriginal practices and influence.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 897/2 Śākta adepts are trained to direct all their energies toward the conquest of the Eternal.

Derivatives

ˈShaktism n. the worship of the Shakti.

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society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Saktism

Shaktism1877

1877 M. Williams Hinduism ix. 123 Tāntrism, or Śāktism, is Hindūism arrived at its last and worst stage of medieval development.

1931 G. Macmunn Relig. India 160 The really secret cult of Saktism.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 896/2 The Tantric movement is not rarely inextricably interwoven with Śāktism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shakta
释义	Shaktan. Brit. /ˈʃɑːktə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑktə/ Forms: Also 1800s Sacta, 1800s– Sakta. Etymology: < Sanskrit śākta relating to power or to the Shakti; a worshipper of the Shakti. A member of one of the principal sects of modern Hinduism which worships the Shakti or divine energy, especially as identified with Durgā, the wife of Shiva. Also attributive. Cf. Saiva n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Saktism > person Shakta1810 1810 E. Moor Hindu Pantheon 116 Those, of whatever sect, who worship exclusively the female power..are called Sactas. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXIV. 443/1 The Hindús are almost always either 1. Vaïshnavas..; 2. Saïvas..; or 3. Sáktas. 1920 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics XI. 93/1 The Sāktas base their doctrines on the assumption that through Śiva and Sakti there is a drop, Bindu, formed which develops into a female element Nāda (sound), containing in itself the names of all things to be created. 1931 G. Macmunn Relig. India 69 The Sakta groups have borrowed much from aboriginal practices and influence. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 897/2 Śākta adepts are trained to direct all their energies toward the conquest of the Eternal. Derivatives ˈShaktism n. the worship of the Shakti. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Saktism Shaktism1877 1877 M. Williams Hinduism ix. 123 Tāntrism, or Śāktism, is Hindūism arrived at its last and worst stage of medieval development. 1931 G. Macmunn Relig. India 160 The really secret cult of Saktism. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 896/2 The Tantric movement is not rarely inextricably interwoven with Śāktism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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