śakti (f)
Meanings
- (in Gram.) case-power
- (prob.) a flag-staff
- a particular configuration of stars and planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th astrological house)
- a spear
- a sword
- ability
- aid
- assistance
- bestowal
- capability
- capacity for
- dart
- effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy)
- effort
- energy
- faculty
- gift
- help
- lance
- might
- pike
- power
- power over
- regal power (consisting of three parts)
- skill
- strength
- the creative power or imagination (of a poet)
- the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife and worshipped by the Śākta sect of Hindūs under various names
- the female organ (as worshipped by the Śākta sect either actually or symbolically)
- the idea conveyed by a case
- the power or force or most effective word of a sacred text or magic formula
- the power or signification of a word
Sememes
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