Navashakti, Navaśakti, Navan-shakti: 5 definitions

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Navashakti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Navaśakti can be transliterated into English as Navasakti or Navashakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Navashakti in Shaktism glossary
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Navaśakti (नवशक्ति) refers to “nine energies”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, [while desribing the Bhairava of the Northern Tradition] “[...] He is angry and has ten arms. He is adorned with the energy of mantras and is endowed with the fifty seed-syllables (bīja-pañcāśa) (formed from the letters of the alphabet).... (?) The Asitā Vidyā of seventeen syllables abides self-established (along with him). She possesses nine energies (navaśakti) and fifty seed-syllables. [...]”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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[«previous next»] — Navashakti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Navaśakti (नवशक्ति).—m. Name of Viṣṇu or Śiva.

Derivable forms: navaśaktiḥ (नवशक्तिः).

Navaśakti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms navan and śakti (शक्ति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Navaśakti (नवशक्ति):—[=nava-śakti] [from nava] m. ‘having 9 faculties’, Name of Viṣṇu or Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Navashakti in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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