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| Sak·ti [ sktee ] or Shak·ti [ shúktə, shktee ] |
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female principle: in Hinduism, the vital generative and creative principle at work in the universe, typically associated with the feminine component of the divine, often embodied as a goddess
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| [Early 19th century. < Sanskrit śaktiḥ "power" < śak- "be strong"] |
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