sákthi n. (derivation doubtful; the base sakthán [fr. which acc. pl. sakthāni, [RV. v, 61, 3]] appears in later language only in the weakest cases, e.g. sg. instr. sakthnā́ gen. abl. sakthnás loc. saktháni, or sakthní cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 75]; there occurs also nom. acc. du. sakthyaú [[RV. x, 86, 16]; [AV. vi, 9, 1]] formed fr. a fem. base sakthī́), the thigh, thigh-bone
the pole or shafts of a cart (du. euphemistically ‘the female organ’), [RV.]; &c.