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In Hindu thought there are six shaktis:
In Hindu thought there are six shaktis:


(1) Parâshakti
(1) Parāśakti


(2) Jñânashakti
(2) Jñānaśakti


(3) Itchâshakti (will-power)
(3) [[Icchāśakti]] (will-power)


(4) [[Kriyâshakti]] (thought-power)
(4) [[Kriyāśakti]] (thought-power)


(5) Kundalinîshakti
(5) [[Kuṇḍalinī|Kuṇḍalinīśakti]]


(6) Mâtrikâshakti.
(6) Mātrikāśakti


==Online resources==
===Articles===
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Sakti# Sakti] at Theosopedia


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
<references/>
<references/>
==Further reading==
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Sakti# Sakti] at Theosopedia


[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]
[[Category:Sanskrit terms]]

Revision as of 17:20, 17 December 2013

Śakti (devanāgarī: शक्ति) from Sanskrit Śak, "to be able," meaning force or empowerment. Shakti is the female primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. In Theosophy it is seen as the female counterpart of the male Fohat.

In Hindu thought there are six shaktis:

(1) Parāśakti

(2) Jñānaśakti

(3) Icchāśakti (will-power)

(4) Kriyāśakti (thought-power)

(5) Kuṇḍalinīśakti

(6) Mātrikāśakti

Online resources

Articles

Notes