Shakta, Śakta, Śākta, Saktā: 20 definitions
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Shakta has 20 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śakta and Śākta can be transliterated into English as Sakta or Shakta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shakt.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚakta (शक्त):—1. (partic. von 1. śak)
1) adj. a) vermögend, im Stande seiend, Etwas könnend, fähig [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 12, 47. 23, 144.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 1, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 491. 1263.] [Halāyudha 2, 231.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 109. 4, 34. 10, 129. 11, 9.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 28. 2, 116. 209. 300.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6853.] [Kapila 1, 118] [?(SĀṂKHYAK. 9.). Spr. (II) 1775. (I) 2928. Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 457.] lokānnāvārayan śaktā api [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 14, 40.] śaktatara [Pañcatantra 57, 16.] ati [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 29, 6.] aśakta (aśakta = aśakti [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 21, v. l.]) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 224.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 209.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 76, 3. 2, 63, 40.] [Spr. (II) 709. fgg.] Mit einer Ergänzung: α) mit einem instr.: bhrātṝṇāṃ yastu neheta dhanaṃ śaktaḥ svakarmaṇā wenn er solches durch seine Arbeit (zu thun) vermöchte [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 207.] karmaṇā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 23, 13.] — β) mit einem gen. der Person: gewachsen, Macht habend über: śakto haṃ rākṣasasya [Mahābhārata 3, 11504.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 29, 19. 4, 16, 45.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 100.] mit einem gen. der Sache: śaktāhaṃ nāsya khedasya [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 32, 4.] — γ) mit einem dat. der Person: śakto mallo mallāya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 16, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2, Scholiast] mit einem nom. act. im dat.: śaktaścarantamugraṃ pratidhāvanāya (pratibādhanāya ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata 8, 3398.] aśaktā trāṇāya [1, 8432.] upakārāya [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 19, 5.] — δ) mit prati und acc. der Person: na ca śaktastvamimaṃ prati [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 400.] — ε) mit einem infin. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 10.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5960. 6142. 6765. 6880. 2, 736. 3, 133. 1442. 2614. 12275.] [Spr. 5010.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 33, 9. 58, 4. 2, 27, 14. 39, 6. 74, 28. 3, 54, 27.] [Śākuntala 36. 74.] [Vikramorvaśī 72.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 55, 16.] [Pañcatantra 69, 17.] aśakta [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 154.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1115.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 45, 30.] [Hitopadeśa 30, 3.] mit einem aus dem Vorhergehenden zu erganzenden infin.: naitatkartuṃ kṣamā vayam . yo vā śaktaḥ sa kurutām [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 142.] [Daśakumāracarita 80, 15.] — ζ) mit einem loc.: yatra yacchaktam [SARVADARŚANAS. 150, 12.] karmaṇi [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 388.] [Spr. (II) 2480.] mantrasaṃvaraṇe śaktāḥ śaktāḥ sūkṣmāsu buddhiṣu [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 7, 9.] rakṣaṇapoṣaṇe [Mahābhārata 1, 6150. 6234. 3, 2263. 8773.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 13, 50. 58, 5. 3, 4, 35.] [Spr. 3214. 5076.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 2281.] tasya sāhāyake [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 270.] aśaktā grahaṇe [Mahābhārata 1, 5569. 8433.] [Spr. (II) 2702.] — η) mit der Ergänzung componirt: yāvadvittopārjanaśaktaḥ [Spr. 4482.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 91, 9.] — b) angeblich = śakita (s. u. 1. śak am Ende) [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 2, 17.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 110.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Manasyu [Mahābhārata 1, 3697.]
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Śakta (शक्त):—2. fehlerhaft für sakta, z. B. [SĀṂKHYAK. 40] (asakta bei [WILSON][?). Daśakumāracarita 140, 7.]
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Śākta (शाक्त):—1. (von 1. śakti)
1) adj. zu den Śakti Śiva’s in Beziehung stehend, aus ihnen hervorgegangen, sie betreffend u. s. w. [TEJOBINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien.2,63.] [Oxforder Handschriften.7,b,1.] parameśvarasya hi malakarmādipāśajālāsaṃbhavena prākṛtaṃ śarīraṃ na bhavati kiṃ tu śāktaṃ [SARVADARŚANAS. 83, 7. 8.] malādyasaṃbhavācchāktaṃ (so ist zu lesen) vapurnaitādṛśaṃ prabhoḥ 14. mantra [WEBER.] [Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 355.] —
2) m. a) Lehrer: vācaṃ śā.tasyeva vadati.śikṣamāṇaḥ [Ṛgveda 7, 103, 5.] — b) ein Verehrer der Śakti Śiva’s [WILSON, Sel. Works 1,12 u.s.w. 2,26 u.s.w.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.2,63, Nalopākhyāna 1.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 335.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 87,6.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 160,14.] [Oxforder Handschriften 253,b,15. 255,b, Nalopākhyāna 5. 258,a,18.b,11.] tantratā [109,a,28.] bhāṣyakāra [258,b,22.]
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Śākta (शाक्त):—2. (von 4. śakti)
1) m. patron. des Parāśara [Mahābhārata 1, 6885] (śāktra ed. Calc.). —
2) n. Name eines Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,239,b.]
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Sakta (सक्त):—s. u. sañj . Davon saktatā f. das Hängen an der Sinnenwelt (Gegens. muktatā) [Mahābhārata 12, 12638.] saktatva n. das Hängen an: rati [1, 3906.]
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Starts with (+11): Saktata, Saktatva, Shaktabhashya, Shaktabhisheka, Shaktadharma, Shaktagama, Shaktajna, Shaktakrama, Shaktakundalini, Shaktam, Shaktamata, Shaktamataratnasutradipika, Shaktamoda, Shaktamrita, Shaktan, Shaktanandataramgini, Shaktanandatarangini, Shaktapitha, Shaktarupa, Shaktasamvid.
Ends with (+6): Abhishakta, Anabhishakta, Anushakta, Anyonyavyatishakta, Aprasakta, Asamsakta, Ashakta, Atishakta, Avarashakta, Avishakta, Avyatishakta, Duhshakta, Hinashakta, Madhushakta, Mantrashakta, Murdhabhishakta, Murdhabhishakta, Nihshakta, Nishakta, Nishshakta.
Full-text (+523): Ashakta, Kulanayika, Divyaugha, Sakka, Saktam, Asaktamanas, Prasaktam, Saktavaira, Praudhanta, Purnabhishikta, Avasakta, Nagarupadhrik, Shaktan, Iccharupa, Shaktam, Kaulika, Parashiva, Ganadikshaprabhu, Shaktanandataramgini, Purnesha.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.20.25 < [Chapter 20 - The Liberation of Ṛbhu Muni During the Rāsa-dance Festival]
Verse 5.16.25 < [Chapter 16 - Comforting Sri Radha and the Gopis]
Verse 2.8.30 < [Chapter 8 - Description of Seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia (by Shilpa V. Sonawane)
Part 6.5 - Tantric Deities (Shaktism) < [Chapter 4 - Inter-Disciplinary Analysis]
Part 6.2 - Shakti and Shiva < [Chapter 4 - Inter-Disciplinary Analysis]
Part 6.4 - Key Drivers < [Chapter 4 - Inter-Disciplinary Analysis]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.158 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 1.6.59 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Verse 1.2.99 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter V - The Tantras and Religion of the Śāktas < [Section 1 - Introductory]
Chapter III - What are the Tantras and their significance? < [Section 1 - Introductory]
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