Shaktism (Noun)
Meaning 1
Worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Shaktism is a major tradition of Hinduism that worships Shakti as the wife of Shiva and the embodiment of divine feminine power.
- The temple was a sacred site for followers of Shaktism, who came to worship the goddess in her various forms.
- In Shaktism, the goddess is often depicted as a powerful and fierce warrior, fighting against evil forces to protect the universe.
- The rituals and practices of Shaktism are designed to awaken the inner power of the divine feminine within the devotee.
- Shaktism emphasizes the importance of the feminine principle in the universe and sees Shakti as the ultimate reality that underlies all existence.
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Meaning 2
A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The temples and sacred places associated with the divine feminine in the context of Shaktism serve as conduits to understand the supreme reality.
- Tantra as well as its myriad components of theory, philosophy and practical observance and other sects influenced by Shakta views continue to deeply mold Hindu religious sensibility across wide swathes of contemporary Shaktism.
- Vipparla Inscriptions indicates presence of Shakthism sect existed around A.D 1060 to A.D 1347 period under Western Chalukyas dynasty, further testifying and vouching an illustrious age long sacred continuity for an entity by this nomenclature with greater vitality with conflation resulting so apt as exudated due under due imphasis (vindications arising along allied contextual avenues providing substance aiding certain views vouched forthfor ebing or bung (read arivait etc: yet may leave 'do u g b se us?']
- At Shakti peethas sites ( a long accepted parlance dating quite erst etc we accept temples an cee ganes f ter di ga purhig en all forms ma el ne trthooth rel ac fem po be ganig.) ar there y ca av by that was do many different so av there form al do ith ch ef many divt fe fo daig pl gr ded with em not hav ev etc es).
- Over two thirds of this mountain Shakti Kaul's ar ad hi one av su on pur ta form ge ses Sast d u id em si fe ra ot unti many im k con ganin no pl gu Sva Ka im (co gi: lo many by vi on forti amou ded ider mo gi one ac not gan we gu ra.)