As a deity name
Name 321 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 548 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
possessed of ability, powerful, mighty, able to (inf. or loc.), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śaktimate" is the dative of "śaktimat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "śaktimat" is derived from "śakti" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
śakti or śakti f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātma-ś˚ or sva-ś˚, ‘according to ability’; paraṃ śaktyā, ‘with all one's might’; vitta-śaktyā, ‘according to the capability of one's property’; śaktim a-hāpayitvā, ‘not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strength’), faculty, skill, capacity for, power over (gen. loc. dat., or inf.), RV. &c. &c.
effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy), ŚārṅgS.
śakti—mat mfn. possessed of ability, powerful, mighty, able to (inf. or loc.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
possessing a competence, one who has gained a fortune, MW.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śakti—mat mfn. possessed of ability, powerful, mighty, able to (inf. or loc.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
possessing a competence, one who has gained a fortune, MW.
śakti or śakti f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātma-ś˚ or sva-ś˚, ‘according to ability’; paraṃ śaktyā, ‘with all one's might’; vitta-śaktyā, ‘according to the capability of one's property’; śaktim a-hāpayitvā, ‘not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strength’), faculty, skill, capacity for, power over (gen. loc. dat., or inf.), RV. &c. &c.
effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy), ŚārṅgS.
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources