As a deity name
Name 788 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
शाक्त · adj
प्रभाव, प्रताप या शक्ति संबंधी · दैविक शक्ति (देवी) संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
शाक्त · noun · masculine
शक्ति का उपासक । तंत्रपद्धति से देवी की पूजा करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
शाक्त · śākta · s.m.
A worshipper of the divine power under its female representation (as Devī, Durgā, &c; see śakti) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 718
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a worshipper of that energy (especially as identified with Durgā, wife of Śiva; the Śāktas form one of the principal sects of the Hindūs, their tenets being contained in the Tantra…
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
śākta mfn. (fr. śakti) relating to power or energy, relating to the Śakti or divine energy under its female personification, Sarvad.
śākta m. a worshipper of that energy (especially as identified with Durgā, wife of Śiva; the Śāktas form one of the principal sects of the Hindūs, their tenets being contained in the Tantras and the ritual enjoined being of two kinds, the impurer called vāmācāra, q.v., and the purer dakṣiṇācāra, q.v.), RTL. 185 &c.
śākta m. a teacher, preceptor, RV. vii, 103, 5
patr. of Parāśara, MBh. (C. śāktra)
śākta n. N. of a Sāman (prob. = śāktya, q.v.)
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