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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
śakti	शक्ति	śákti or śaktí f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātma-ś° or sva-ś°, ‘according to ability’; paraṃ śaktyā, ‘with all one's might’; vitta-śaktyā, ‘according to the capability of one's property’; śaktim a-hāpayitvā, ‘not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strength’), faculty, skill, capacity for, power over (gen. loc. dat., or inf.), [RV.] &c. &c.
		effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy), [ŚārṅgS.]
		regal power (consisting of three parts, prabhutva, personal pre-eminence; mantra, good counsel, and utsāha, energy), [Kām.] (cf. [Ragh. iii, 13])
		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, but some substitute Cāmuṇḍā and Caṇḍikā for the third and sixth of these: according to another reckoning there are nine, viz. Vaiṣṇavī, Brahmāṇī, Raudrī, Māheśvarī, Nārasiṃhī, Vārāhī, Indrāṇī, Kārttikī, and Pradhānā: others reckon fifty different forms of the Śakti of Viṣṇu besides Lakṣmī, some of these are Kīrtti, Kānti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭā, Dhṛti, Śānti, Kriyā, Dayā, Medhā &c.; and fifty forms of the Śakti of Śiva or Rudra besides Durgā or Gaurī, some of whom are Guṇodarī, Virajā, Śālmalī, Lolākṣī, Vartulākṣī, Dīrgha-ghoṇā, Sudīrgha-mukhī, Go-mukhī, Dīrgha-jihvā, Kuṇḍodarī, Ardha-keśī, Vikṛta-mukhī, Jvālā-mukhī, Ulkāmukhī &c.; Sarasvatī is also named as a Śakti, both of Viṣṇu and Rudra: according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa the female nature of Rudra became twofold, one half asita or white, and the other sita or black, each of these again becoming manifold, those of the white or mild nature included Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Gaurī, Umā &c.; those of the dark and fierce nature, Durgā, Kālī &c.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.] (cf. [RTL. 181] &c.; [MWB. 216])
		the female organ (as worshipped by the Śākta sect either actually or symbolically), [RTL. 140]
		the power or signification of a word (defined in the Nyāya as padasya padārthe sambandhaḥ i.e. ‘the relation of a word to the thing designated’), [Bhāṣāp.]; [Sāh.]
		(in Gram.) case-power, the idea conveyed by a case (= kāraka), [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 7], Sch.
		the power or force or most effective word of a sacred text or magic formula, [Up.]; [Pañcar.]
		the creative power or imagination (of a poet), [Kāvyād.]
		help, aid, assistance, gift, bestowal, [RV.]
		a spear, lance, pike, dart, [RV.] &c. (also śaktī, g. bahv-ādi)
		a sword, [MW.]
		(prob.) a flag-staff (see ratha-ś°)
		a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th astrological house), [VarBṛS.]
		śaktí m. N. of a Muni or sage (the eldest of Vasiṣṭha's hundred sons; accord. to [VP.] he was father of Parāśara, and was devoured by king Kalmāṣa-pāda, when changed to a man-eating Rākṣasa, in consequence of a curse pronounced upon him by the sage; he is represented as having overcome Viśvāmitra at the sacrifice of king Saudāsa; he is regarded as the author of [RV. vii, 32], [26]; [ix, 97], [19]-[21]; [108, 3]; [14]-[16]; Śakti is also identified with one of the Vyāsas, and with Avalokiteśvara, and has elsewhere the patr. Jātūkarṇa and Sāṃkṛti), [Pravar.]; [MBh.] &c.
śaktin	शक्तिन्	mfn. (prob.) furnished with a flag-staff, [MBh.] (cf. ratha-śakti).
		m. N. of a man (= śakti, m.), [MBh.]
śaktija	शक्तिज	śakti—ja mfn. born from Śakti, [ib.]
		śakti—ja m. a son of Ś°, [ib.]
śaktitā	शक्तिता	śakti—tā f. (ifc.) power, capacity, faculty, [BhP.]
śaktibhṛt	शक्तिभृत्	śakti—bhṛt mfn. bearing power, powerful, [VarBṛS.]
		‘spear-holder’, N. of Skanda, [L.]
		a spearman, [W.]
śaktidhṛk	शक्तिधृक्	śakti—dhṛk mfn. bearing a spear, [MW.]
śaktijña	शक्तिज्ञ	śakti—jña mfn. one who knows his powers, [MBh.]
śaktimat	शक्तिमत्	śakti—mat mfn. possessed of ability, powerful, mighty, able to (inf. or loc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
		possessing a competence, one who has gained a fortune, [MW.]
		possessed of or united with his Sakti or energy (as a god), [Kathās.]
		armed with a spear or lance, [Hariv.]
		śakti—mat m. N. of a mountain (prob. w.r. for śukti-mat), [MBh.]
śaktitas	शक्तितस्	śakti—tas ind. in consequence or by reason of power or strength, [Kap.]; [Sāṃkhyak.]
		according to power, to the best of one's ability, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
śaktitva	शक्तित्व	śakti—tva n. (ifc.) = -tā, [Suśr.]
śaktiṣṭha	शक्तिष्ठ	śakti—ṣṭha (for -stha) mfn. potent, mighty, [L.]
śaktibheda	शक्तिभेद	śakti—bheda m. difference of power, [MW.]
		a special capacity, [ib.]
śaktidhara	शक्तिधर	śakti—dhara mfn. bearing or holding a spear, [VarBṛS.]
		śakti—dhara m. ‘spearman’, N. of a warrior, [Hit.] (v.l. śaktivara)
		of Skanda, [Hariv.]; [BhP.] (cf. kanaka-śakti)
		of an author of Mantras, [Cat.]
		of a Tāntric teacher, [ib.]
śaktibodha	शक्तिबोध	śakti—bodha m. N. of wk.
śaktidāsa	शक्तिदास	śakti—dāsa m. N. of the author of the Māyā-bījakalpa, [ib.]
śaktideva	शक्तिदेव	śakti—deva m. N. of a Brāhman, [Kathās.]
		of an author of Mantras, [Cat.]
śaktigaṇa	शक्तिगण	śakti—gaṇa m. the company or assemblage of Śaktis (see col. 2), [MW.]
śaktihīna	शक्तिहीन	śakti—hīna mfn. powerless impotent, [Hit.]
śaktihara	शक्तिहर	śakti—hara mf(A)n. depriving of strength, [Cāṇ.]
śaktikara	शक्तिकर	śakti—kara mfn. producing strength, [Cāṇ.]
śaktimatī	शक्तिमती	śakti—matī f. N. of a woman, [Kathās.]
śaktimaya	शक्तिमय	śakti—maya mf(I)n. consisting of or produced from a Śakti &c., [Cat.]
śaktinātha	शक्तिनाथ	śakti—nātha m. ‘lord of Śakti’, N. of Śiva, [Mālatīm.]
śaktipāṇi	शक्तिपाणि	śakti—pāṇi m. ‘spear-handed’, N. of Skanda, [Kālac.]
śaktipāta	शक्तिपात	śakti—pāta m. prostration of strength, [MW.]
śaktipūjā	शक्तिपूजा	śakti—pūjā f. Śakti-worship, [MW.]
		N. of wk.
śaktisena	शक्तिसेन	śakti—sena m. N. of a man, [Rājat. vi, 216.]
śaktivāda	शक्तिवाद	śakti—vāda m. ‘assertion of Śakti doctrine’, N. of a phil. wk. by Gadādhara-bhaṭṭācārya
śaktivīra	शक्तिवीर	śakti—vīra m. (in Śakti worship) the man who has intercourse with the woman representing Śakti, [W.]
śaktivara	शक्तिवर	śakti—vara See -dhara.
śaktivega	शक्तिवेग	śakti—vega m. N. of a Vidyādhara, [Kathās.]
śaktibhadra	शक्तिभद्र	śakti—bhadra m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
śaktidhvaja	शक्तिध्वज	śakti—dhvaja m. ‘having a spear for emblem’, N. of Skanda, [Daś.]
śaktidatta	शक्तिदत्त	śakti—datta m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
śaktigraha	शक्तिग्रह	śakti—graha mf(A)n. (only [L.]) (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 9], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]) holding a spear or lance
		taking hold of the force or meaning (of a word or sentence &c.)
		śakti—graha m. a spearman, lancer
		N. of Kārttikeya and Śiva
		perception or apprehension of the force or sense (of a word &c.)
śaktihasta	शक्तिहस्त	śakti—hasta m. = -pāṇi, [Kālac.]
śaktimokṣa	शक्तिमोक्ष	śakti—mokṣa m. ‘loss of strength’ and ‘hurling a spear’, [Vās.]
śaktinyāsa	शक्तिन्यास	śakti—nyāsa m. N. of a Tāntric wk.
śaktipūrva	शक्तिपूर्व	śakti—pūrva m. ‘having Śakti for a forefather’, patr. of Parāśara, [VarBṛS.]
śaktiparṇa	शक्तिपर्ण	śakti—parṇa m. Alstonia Scholaris, [L.]
śaktiputra	शक्तिपुत्र	śakti—putra m. ‘son of Ś°’, N. of Skanda, [L.]
śaktisiṃha	शक्तिसिंह	śakti—siṃha m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
śaktitraya	शक्तित्रय	śakti—traya n. the three constituents of regal power (see col. 2), [ib.]
śaktivādin	शक्तिवादिन्	śakti—vādin m. one who asserts the Śakti-doctrine, an adherent of Ś°-doctrine, a Śākta, [Cat.]
śaktiyaśas	शक्तियशस्	śakti—yaśas f. N. of a Vidyādharī and of the 10th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara (named after her).
śaktiśodhana	शक्तिशोधन	śakti—śodhana n. ‘purification of Ś°’, a ceremony performed with the woman representing Ś°, [W.]
śaktihetika	शक्तिहेतिक	śakti—hetika mfn. armed with a spear or lance, [L.]
śaktijāgara	शक्तिजागर	śakti—jāgara m. N. of a Tāntric wk.
śaktijāmala	शक्तिजामल	śakti—jāmala w.r. for -yāmala.
śaktikumārī	शक्तिकुमारी	śakti—kumārī f. N. of a woman, [Vcar.]
śaktikumāra	शक्तिकुमार	śakti—kumāra m. N. of a prince, [Inscr.]
		of a man, Diś.
		of a poet, [Cat.]
śaktimattva	शक्तिमत्त्व	śakti—mat—tva n. power, might, [Ragh.]
śaktipūjaka	शक्तिपूजक	śakti—pūjaka m. a Śakti-worshipper, a Śākta, [Cat.]
śaktistotra	शक्तिस्तोत्र	śakti—stotra n. N. of a Stotra.
śaktisvāmin	शक्तिस्वामिन्	śakti—svāmin m. N. of a minister of Muktāpīḍa, [Cat.]
śaktitantra	शक्तितन्त्र	śakti—tantra n. N. of a Tantra.
śaktivicāra	शक्तिविचार	śakti—vicāra m. N. of a phil. wk. (= -vāda).
śaktiviṣaya	शक्तिविषय	śakti-viṣaya m. the range of possibility (e, ‘if possible’), ib.
śaktiyāmala	शक्तियामल	śakti—yāmala n. N. of a Tantra.
śaktigrāhaka	शक्तिग्राहक	śakti—grāhaka m. who or what causes to apprehend the force or signification (of a word or phrase), determining or establishing the meaning of words (as a dictionary, grammar &c.), [MW.]
		= -graha, [ib.]
śaktikuṇṭhana	शक्तिकुण्ठन	śakti—kuṇṭhana n. the deadening or blunting of a faculty, [MW.]
śaktirakṣita	शक्तिरक्षित	śakti—rakṣita or śakti—rakṣi°taka, m. N. of a king of the Kirātas, [Kathās.]
śaktivaikalya	शक्तिवैकल्य	śakti—vaikalya n. deficiency of power or strength, incapacity, debility, [W.]
śaktivallabha	शक्तिवल्लभ	śakti—vallabha m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
śaktidvayavat	शक्तिद्वयवत्	śakti—dvaya-vat mfn. endowed with two powers or faculties, [Vedāntas.]
śaktikumāraka	शक्तिकुमारक	śakti—kumāraka m. N. of a man, [Inscr.]
śaktiprakarṣa	शक्तिप्रकर्ष	śakti—prakarṣa mfn. possessing superior capacity or power, [MW.]
śaktisiddhānta	शक्तिसिद्धान्त	śakti—siddhānta m. N. of wk.
śaktivādaṭīkā	शक्तिवादटीका	śakti—vāda—ṭīkā f. N. of wk.
śaktivaibhavika	शक्तिवैभविक	śakti—vaibhavika mfn. endowed with power and efficacy, [MārkP.]
śaktirakṣitaka	शक्तिरक्षितक	śakti—rakṣita or śakti—rakṣi°taka, m. N. of a king of the Kirātas, [Kathās.]
śaktiratnākara	शक्तिरत्नाकर	śakti—ratnākara m. ‘jewel-mine of Śakti’, N. of a wk. on the mystical worship of Śakti or Durgā.
śaktivādakalikā	शक्तिवादकलिका	śakti—vāda—kalikā f. N. of wk.
śaktisaṃgamāmṛta	शक्तिसंगमामृत	śakti—saṃgamāmṛta n. N. of Tāntric wk.
śaktivādarahasya	शक्तिवादरहस्य	śakti—vāda—rahasya n. N. of wk.
śaktivijayastuti	शक्तिविजयस्तुति	śakti—vijaya-stuti f. N. of wk.
śaktibhairavatantra	शक्तिभैरवतन्त्र	śakti—bhairava-tantra n. N. of a Tantra.
śaktivādavivaraṇa	शक्तिवादविवरण	śakti—vāda—vivaraṇa n. N. of wk.
śaktivanamāhātmya	शक्तिवनमाहात्म्य	śakti—vana-māhātmya n. N. of a ch. of the [BhavP.]
śaktiprakāśabodhinī	शक्तिप्रकाशबोधिनी	śakti—prakāśa-bodhinī f. N. of wk.
śaktisaṃgamatantra	शक्तिसंगमतन्त्र	śakti—saṃgama-tantra n. N. of Tāntric wk.
śaktivādārthadīpikā	शक्तिवादार्थदीपिका	śakti—vā°dārtha-dīpikā f. N. of wk.
śaktivijayasvāmistotra	शक्तिविजयस्वामिस्तोत्र	śakti—vijaya-svāmi-stotra n. N. of wk.

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