Shakta
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Shaktism noun
- Shaktist noun
Etymology
Origin of Shakta
From the Sanskrit word śākta pertaining to Shakti
Example Sentences
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Yet the census-wallahs shoehorned Indians who had, says Ms. Truschke, “long used discrete identifiers such as Vaishnavites, Shaivites, Shakta worshippers, Lingayats, Satnamis, Ramanandis, bhaktas, and Brahmins” into one broad category.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
One day last week a 28-year-old Shakta named Odia Patel, clad only in a loincloth, walked into a magistrate's office in Bali, a district of Rajasthan in Northwest-Central India.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nehru's modern India would like to change Shakta customs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inquiry revealed that Odia's wife was a young woman named Naji, who came from another village and was not herself a Shakta.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sākta, Shakta Sect.—The name of a Hindu sect, whose members worship the female principle of energy, which is the counterpart of the god Siva.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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