शक्ति śhakti

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

Usual translation

Shakti
power

Origin of the definition

The Shaktis – sisters, mothers Shiv Shaktis, the powers of Shiva In bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons).

शक्ति śakti shakti (nf) power, strength, potency, energy; name of the goddess personifying divine power. ~हीन powerless, impotent, enervated.

S شکتي शक्ति śakti , s.f. Ability, power, capacity, capability, faculty, strength, might, main, energy, ascendancy, prowess; the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śiva, Lakshmī of Vishṇu, &c.); the female organ (as the counterpart of the phallic representation of Śiva, and worshipped either literally or figuratively by a sect of Hindūs termed Sāktas): — śakti-mat, śakti-mān, or śakti-mant, adj. (f. -matī), Possessed of ability, powerful, strong, mighty, able; possessing a competence: — śakti-vodhak, adj. (in Gram.) Potential: — śakti-hīn, adj. Powerless, impotent.