Shaktism

Definitions of Shaktism

1. noun

   a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
   synonyms: Saktism

   type of:

   religious order, religious sect, sect

   a subdivision of a larger religious group
2. noun

   worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
   synonyms: Saktism

   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