SHAKTI

shŭkˈtē [Skt.,=power], in Hinduism, name given to the female consorts of male deities. The Shakti personifies the dynamic, manifesting energy that creates the universe, while the male god represents the static, unmanifest aspect of the divine reality. The concept is related to that of prakriti in Samkhya metaphysics (see Hindu philosophy and of maya in Vedanta philosophy. The idea of Shakti is prominent in Tantra where the Kundalini energy (see yoga) is regarded as a goddess, and the theme of male-female polarity is developed. The term Shakti is often used to refer to the spiritual partner or consort of a spiritual master, a relationship often without the emotional and sexual components of ordinary marriage.

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books on: Shakti  - 457 results

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Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West
Book by Rachel Fell McDermott, Jeffrey J. Kripal; University of California Press, 2003
Subjects: K?Al?I (Hindu Deity)
...relatively independent ritual traditions of shakti puja brought to the New World by a heterogeneous...on the dynamic and innovative power of shakti worship as a cosmological system. This...and expansive precisely because of her shakti , her power. So what exactly is this...
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Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind: Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women
Book by Anne Mackenzie Pearson; State University of New York Press, 1996
Subjects: Hindu Women--Religious Life, Vratas
...interviewed. I quote the statement in full: Shakti sic is like steam: if you compress it...could explode if you dont let some out. Shakti is just like that. If you control your will, you can gain shakti or inner strength. If you dont, your...
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A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy
Book by Chandradhar Sharma; Rider, 1960
Subjects: Philosophy, Hindu
...admitted. III SHAKTA SCHOOLS THE worship of Shakti also dates back to the R gveda where she...describe her greatness.She is known as Shakti, Devi, Chan t i, Chamun d a, Durga, Uma and Mahamaya. Shakti is the power of Existence. Knowledge...
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Feminism and "Race"
Book by Kum-Kum Bhavnani; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Minority Women, Race, Race Relations
...being to the restlessness of Shakti. Further, in this discourse...the relationship of Siva and Shakti, while one of complementarity...not that of equality, nor of Shaktis superiority; rather the opposite...principle, Prajna (akin to Shakti and Prakriti), as a passive...
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the after-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering
Book by W. Y. Evans-Wentz, Karma-glin-pa; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Death--Religious Aspects--Buddhism--Early Works To 1800, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies, Buddhist--China--Tibet--Early Works To 1800, Intermediate State--Buddhism--Early Works To 1800
...the centre, Vairochana white and shakti , on lion throne cf. pp. 105 - 6 ; at the top, Samanta-Bhadra blue and shakti ; in subordinate circle on the left...blue , the reflex of Ak h obhya, and shakti , on elephant throne; Pushpa above...
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journal articles on: Shakti  - 87 results

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South African Indian Women: Shakti: Stories of Indian Women
Journal article by Cecil Abrahams; Biography, Vol. 32, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Shakti: Stories of Indian Women (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
South African Indian Women: Shakti: Stories of Indian Women. by Cecil Abrahams Shakti: Stories of Indian Women. Comp. Alleyn Diesel. Johannesburg: Wits UP, 2007. 221 pp. R180. The compiler, Alleyn Diesel, tried to capture the fascinating...
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Development Discourse and Selling Soap in Madhya Pradesh, India
Journal article by Marta Rohatynskyj; Human Organization, Vol. 70, 2011
Subjects: Field study, Market penetration, Marketing, Microfinance, Native North Americans, Nongovernmental organizations--NGOs, Research, Social responsibility, Web sites
...functioning of a "development project," named Shakti, mounted by a major transnational corporation...corporate and poor peoples interests. Project Shakti was launched by HUL in 200 1 in the state...groups. At present, there are 45,000 Shakti entrepreneurs across India and 2, 146...
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Love and Beauty in the Presence of God: Pathways through Beguine and Tantric Mysticisms
Journal article by Paul Martin; Magistra, Vol. 7, 2001
Subjects: Asia, Biology, Buddhism, Europe, Females, Gender, God, Hinduism, History, Human relations, Interpersonal communication, Life, Love, Males, Mysticism, Occult sciences, Parapsychology, Personal relationships, Religion, Spirituality
...system that focuses on the concept of shakti as the emblem of power in the universe...background. The divine godhead of Shiva and Shakti is thus originally polarized, and represented...ground of inert consciousness, while Shakti is the activator of evolving consciousness...
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Fire in the Banana's Belly: Bali's Female Performers Essay the Masculine Arts
Journal article by Catherine Diamond; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Balinese literature--Criticism and interpretation, Performing arts--Criticism and interpretation, Performing arts--Demographic aspects, Women artists--Practice
...surprising that the three Topeng Shakti members are all accomplished...Kellar 2004: 26). In Topeng Shakti, Formaggia plays the refined...performer according to Topeng Shaktis Cokorda Istri Agung: "Being...questioned. In 2003, Topeng Shakti performed the Panji story Candra...
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Cultural Landscape of Pavagadh: The Abode of Mother Goddess Kalika
Journal article by Amita Sinha; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 23, 2006
Subjects: India--History, India--Religious aspects, India--Social aspects, Mother goddesses--Religious aspects, Mother-goddesses--Religious aspects
...site of pilgrimage and is considered a Shakti pitha (seat of the goddess). In climbing...itself. The hill is an embodiment of her shakti (power) and prakriti (nature). Kalika...natural symbolism? The location of 108 Shakti pithas in the Indian subcontinent is a...
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magazine articles on: Shakti  - 58 results

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Sex and Mysticism
Magazine article by Ignacio L. Gotz; Cross Currents, Vol. 54, Fall 2004
Subjects: Marriage--Forecasts and trends, Spirituality--Analysis
...this reality includes Brahmans power (shakti) which produces this universe we live...this product (maya) of Gods power (shakti). Therefore, according to Tantra...god Shiva, and his power as the goddess Shakti (though often she is given the ancient...
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India's Other Virus: Human Trafficking and the Spread of HIV
Magazine article by Michael Parker; UN Chronicle, Vol. 43, July 2006
Subjects: HIV (Viruses)--Health aspects, HIV--Health aspects, Human smuggling--Social aspects, India--Health aspects, Virus diseases--Health aspects
...tuberculosis and was being monitored by Shakti Vahini, a non-governmental organization...them they will just be sold again", Shakti Vahinis Director Ravi Kant explained the...other half goes to the nayika. It took Shakti Vahini a long time to identify Shobha...
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Middle Eastern & Indian Jazz
Magazine article by Andy Simons; IAJRC Journal, Vol. 44, June 2011
...his playing, and had an Indo-Jazz band called Shakti, later revived as Remember Shakti, mostly with Indian musicians. This non-electric...Eastern Music John McLaughlin-guitar, with Shakti Shakti (1975) Columbia CK 46868-2, Sony 467905...
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"From India: Contemporary Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper"
Magazine article by Ida Panicelli; Artforum International, Vol. 39, February 2001
Subjects: Indian art--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions
...Sanskrit) refers to the female energy Shakti, said to exist in latent form in every...that bring forth life. In a 1998 work, Shakti as cosmic matrix is represented by a blue...the yoni, the place of generation. But Shakti has several manifestations: She is also...
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Natalie Hoare in Conversation with ... Dipal Barua
Magazine article by Natalie Hoare; Geographical, Vol. 78, September 2006
Subjects: Barua, Dipal--Interviews, Non-governmental organizations--Officials and employees, Nongovernmental organizations--Officials and employees
...managing director of Grameen Shakti, an NGO that has helped to...trying to achieve? The Grameen Shakti/Rahimafrooz Batteries project...households to get one. Grameen Shakti is a subsidiary of Grameen...the economy through Grameen Shaktis programme to train women to...
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newspaper articles on: Shakti  - 64 results

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TORTURE OR TRUE BLISS? Pioneered by Fakirs, It's the Latest Fad Therapy to Cure Insomnia and Back Ache. but Is Lying on a Bed of 6,210 Nails. HOW I SEE IT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 14, 2009
...answer to the fakirs bed of nails -- the Shakti mat. ROSE-MARIE unfurls a mat on the...results, says Rose-Marie, you want the Shakti mat between the base of your neck and...the holy Indian city of Varanasi, the Shakti mat sounds as quintessentially Indian...
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TORTURE OR TRUE BLISS? Pioneered by Fakirs, It's the Latest Fad Therapy to Cure Insomnia and Back Ache. but Is Lying on a Bed of 6,210 Nails. HOW I SEE IT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 14, 2009
Subjects: Insomnia, Torture
...answer to the fakirs bed of nails -- the Shakti mat. ROSE-MARIE unfurls a mat on the...results, says Rose-Marie, you want the Shakti mat between the base of your neck and...the holy Indian city of Varanasi, the Shakti mat sounds as quintessentially Indian...
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Take the Pain out of Migraine; Health Notes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 4, 2010
Subjects: Migraine
...swears by the pleasurable pain of the Shakti Mat (a yoga mat with around 6,000 tiny...endorphins). I lie on my back on my Shakti for 15 minutes before bed every evening...tension in my face, temple and scalp too. Shakti Original, pounds sterling50. All products...
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Take the Pain out of Migraine
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 3, 2010
Subjects: Migraine
...swears by the pleasurable pain of the Shakti Mat (a yoga mat with around 6,000 tiny...endorphins). I lie on my back on my Shakti for 15 minutes before bed every evening...tension in my face, temple and scalp too. Shakti Original, pounds sterling56. All products...
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Survivor Stars to Shine On
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), March 24, 2006
...John McLaughlin leads out his Remember Shakti Fusion Band in the Sages Hall One. McLaughlin...Martin. The first Indian-fusion group, Shakti, came next before McLaughlin joined forces...collaborations before putting together Remember Shakti in the late 90s. The current band has...
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encyclopedia articles on: Shakti  - 3 results

 
 
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Shakti
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SHAKTI shuk te Skt.,=power, in Hinduism...the female consorts of male deities. The Shakti personifies the dynamic, manifesting energy...maya in Vedanta philosophy. The idea of Shakti is prominent in Tantra where the Kundalini...
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Tantra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or symbolic diagrams; the importance of female deities, or Shakti ; cremation-ground practices such as meditation on corpses...devotee, is to awaken kundalini energy, which is identified with Shakti, and merge with the Godhead. In Buddhist Tantra, or Vajrayana...
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Ghose, Aurobindo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sri Aurobindo, as he came to be called, retired into seclusion. He put in charge of his disciples his spiritual consort ( Shakti ), Mira Richard (1878 1973), a French-born woman of Egyptian descent who had joined him in Pondicherry in 1914. His seclusion...


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