शक्ति f. [शक्-क्तिन्]
1 (a) Power, ability, capacity, strength, energy, prowess; दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमा- त्मशक्त्या Pt. 1. 361; ज्ञानि मौनं क्षमा शक्तौ R. 1. 22; so यथाशक्ति, स्वशक्ति &c. (b) Faculty, capacity; स्मर- णशक्ति ‘retentive faculty or memory’.
2 Regal power; (it has three parts or elements; प्रभुशक्ति or प्रभावशक्ति ‘the majesty or pre-eminent position of the king himself’; 2 मंत्रशक्ति ‘the power of good counsel’, and 3 उत्साहशक्ति ‘the power of energy’); राज्यं नाम शक्तित्रयायत्तं Dk.; त्रिसाध- ना शक्तिरिवार्थसंचयं R. 3. 13, 6. 33, 17. 63; Śi. 2. 26.
3 The power of composition, poetic power or genius; शक्तिर्निपुणता लोकशास्त्रकाव्याद्यवेक्षणात् K. P. 1; see explanation ad loc.
4 The active power of a deity, regarded as his wife, female divinity; (these are variously enumerated, 8, 9 or even 50 being mentioned); स जयति परिणद्धः शक्तिभिः शक्तिनाथः Māl. 5. 1; Ś. 7. 35.
5 A kind of missile; शक्तिखंडामर्षितेन गांडीविनोक्तं Ve. 3; ततो बिभेद पौलस्त्यः शक्त्या व- क्षसि लक्ष्मणं R. 12. 77.
6 A spear, dart, pike, lance.
7 (In phil.) The relation of a term to the thing designated.
8 The power inherent in cause to produce its necessary effect.
9 (In Rhet.) The power or signification of a word; (these are three अभिधा, लक्षणा and व्यंजना); तिस्रः श- ब्दस्य शक्तयः S. D. 11.
10 The expressive power or denotation of a word (opp. लक्षणा and व्यंजना); it is thus defined: −अस्माच्छब्दादयमर्थो बो- द्धव्य इत्याकारकोऽनादिसंकेतः शक्तिः Tarka K.
11 The female organ, the counterpart of the Phallus of Śiva worshipped by a sect of people called Śāktas.
12 A sword.
13 An implement in gambling.
−Comp.
−अ- र्धः perspiring and panting through fatigue or exertion. −अपेक्ष, −अपेक्षि- न् a. having regard to strength; Śi. 2. 93.
−कुंठनं the deadening of a power.
−ग्रह a. 1. apprehending the force or meaning.
2 armed with a spear. (
−हः) 1. apprehension of the force, meaning, or acceptation of a word. −2. a spearman, lancer. −3. an epithet of Śiva. −4. of Kārtikeya.
−ग्राहक a. determining or establishing the meaning of a word. (
−कः) an epithet of Kārtikeya.
−त्रयं the three constituent elements of regal power; see शक्ति (2) above.
−धर a. strong, powerful. (
−रः) 1. a spearman. −2. an epithet of Kārtikeya. −पाणिः, -भृत् m. 1. a spearman. −2. an epithet of Kārtikeya.
−पातः prostration of strength.
−पूजकः a Śākta q. v.
−पूजा the worship of Śakti.
−पूर्वः an epithet of Parāśara.
−कल्यं loss of strength, debility, incapacity.
−हनि a. powerless, weak, impotent.
−हेतिकः a lancer, spearman.