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SAKTISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saktism mean?
• SAKTISM (noun)
The noun SAKTISM has 2 senses:
1. a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
2. worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
Familiarity information: SAKTISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Saktism; Shaktism
Hypernyms ("Saktism" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
Meronyms (members of "Saktism"):
Shaktist (worshipper of Shakti)
Holonyms ("Saktism" is a member of...):
Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)
Derivation:
Shaktist (worshipper of Shakti)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Saktism; Shaktism
Hypernyms ("Saktism" is a kind of...):
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
Derivation:
Shaktist (worshipper of Shakti)
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