शाक्कर शाक्तिक

शाक्त

शाक्त a. क्ती f. [शक्तिर्देवताऽस्य अण्.]
1 Relating to power.
2 Re lating to Śakti or the female personification of divine energy
−क्तः A worshipper of Śakti; (the Śāktas are generally worshippers of Durgā representing the female personification of divine energy, and the ritual enjoined to them is of two kinds, the pure or right-hand ritual दक्षिणा- चार, and impure or left-hand ritual वामाचार q. q. v. v.).

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