The consort of Shiva; she is his life-giving force, the dynamic energy of creation.
Primal Power; Energy or Force of the Divine; Goddess-consciousness; the energy which bestows spontaneous, profound meditation. (See Prana-Shakti, Darshan, Diksha.)
the energy of the Divine that awakens the spiritual potentials of humanity. It is also called the Grace-Bestowing Power of the Divine, descent of the Holy Spirit, Light Immersion, Baraka, or Shaktipat.
Lit: Power. Goddess Parvati is worshipped in the form of Shakti i.e. Divine Power. There are said to be ten Maha Shaktis or Maha Vidyas i.e. forms of Goddess Parvati.
energy or manifestation of nature that is devoid of conscious experience
Literally means power. This is the dynamic power of God, the Divine Mother.
Literally, "power." Usually, the worship of the goddesses, who all represent some form of power. Parvati represents the power of sensual and sexual attraction and love. Umma represents the powers that surround birth (the creation of life) and motherhood. Some goddesses represent violent power as well. Durga is a demon-slayer and often symbolizes retribution and justice. Kali is also a demon-slayer, but whereas Durga's power is controlled, Kali is strongest when her power is out of control. The active shakti power is often illustrated in symbolic in union with the passive male power. Thus Parvati is often shown having intercourse with Shiva and Kali is shown triumphant standing on a prone Shiva.
Sakti Energy or power, especially of a Hindu feminine deity.
energy” – the energy of a deity personified as his female consort
The dynamic, feminine creative force in the human body and in nature. Shakti is awakened kundalini. In order to create, Shakti must merge with her counterpart, Shiva, who is the silent seed behind all manifestation. The movement of kundalini/Shakti in the human nervous system is toward that end, and yoga practices are designed to facilitate the union of Shiva and Shakti everywhere in the body, leading ultimately to an ecstatic overflowing from the head down to the melting heart. The Christian name for Shakti energy is the Holy Spirit.
a Sanskrit word meaning the creative
a or any dynamic or manifesting aspect or activity of Absolute Reality, the Supreme, or the Divine
cosmic creative force. Also the aspect of kundalini which, when aroused, leads to positive spiritual awakening
The Great Goddess and consort of Shiva. Her many forms include Durga, Kali and Amba.
Power; energy; force; the Divine Power of becoming; the apparent dynamic aspect of Eternal Being; the Absolute Power or cosmic energy.
Power, energy. The creative energy or active power pervading all existence personified as the female consort of Shiva. Shakti is the divine mother, Shiva being powerless without her. Also felt by devotees as the blissful energy exuding from a holy person.
Lord Shiva 's consort; female energy.
Hindu version of the Holy Spirit--the aspect of God that is bliss-ful energy. It is an energy, like "orgone" energy that runs through a system of chakras and nadis throughout the body. The Kundalini is a very concentrated or potent form of this energy.
The energies associated with the female consorts of the male deities.
Power, generally the Creative Power of Brahman; a name of the Divine Mother. (p. 610, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)
(also known as Chiti, Chit Shakti, Kundalini) Shakti is the Creative Principle and its expression. Through her power. she continuously projects, maintains and dissolves the universe. Traditionally Shakti is spoken of as female, because she brings to birth all things. But gender and personality are just two of her numerous veils. Shakti is in Reality not separate from the Absolute. Because she is both Creation and Source, She is a perfect means to Liberation.
or Sakti Literally means STRENGTH. The Creative Power of Brahman; name of the Divine Mother. Those who worship Shakti, or the Divine Mother are called Saktas.
God as the Mother of the universe. Shakti is the power of Brahman, the personification of primal energy. Consort of Shiva in Tantra.
Spiritual power; the divine cosmic energy which projects, maintains and dissolves the universe.
Spiritual power; the divine cosmic power that creates and maintains the universe; may be defined as the goddess Shakti.
Hindu Tantric Goddess who is an embodiment of the primal energy, who is formless. Consort of Shiva.
Spiritual power; the divine cosmic energy that creates and maintains the universe. The dynamic aspect of divine Consciousness.
Feminine energy, also known as kundalini.
lit. "power," "ability," "strength," or "energy." The feminine aspect of divine creative expression, which in yoga is considered to reside at the base of the spine, in muladhara chakra.
(Skt.): Deity within the KALACHAKRA MANDALA. 10 Shaktis are present, although only 8 are visible in the mandala. Shaktis are common in Hinduism, but in Buddhism they only appear in the Kalachakra TANTRA.
Energy; power; force of The Supreme Being.
("power"): the ultimate Reality in its feminine aspect, or the power pole of the Divine; see also kundalini-shakti
the divine mother; the power of consciousness and spiritual evolution
