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Saktism

DEFINITIONS OF: Saktism

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n a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti

Synonyms:
Shaktism
Type of:
religious order, religious sect, sect
a subdivision of a larger religious group

n worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva

Synonyms:
Shaktism
Type of:
Hindooism, Hinduism
a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
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