Sakti, Saktism

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less common spellings of shakti, shaktism

Shakti

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noun

Shak·​ti ˈshäk-tē How to pronounce Shakti (audio) ˈsäk How to pronounce Shakti (audio)
variants or less commonly Sakti
: the dynamic energy of a Hindu god personified as his female consort
broadly : cosmic energy as conceived in Hindu thought

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Her work sheds light on issues such as human trafficking and systemic oppression, and Shakti hopes to empower other women through her paintings. — Daniel Wine, CNN, 24 July 2024 The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago. — Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024 In a key flashback, Rana—acting on Shakti’s orders—clears out Kid’s forest-adjacent village so the land can be used for industrial growth. — Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024 There’s also the matter of the movie’s main villain, Baba Shakti — a white-haired ultranationalist power broker who whips worshipful mobs into a frenzy and who may have looked a little too much like India’s prime minister Narendra Modi for Netflix. — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Sakti

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Sanskrit Śakti

First Known Use

Noun

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Sakti was in 1810

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“Sakti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sakti. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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