Shaktipuja, Śaktipūjā, Shakti-puja: 5 definitions
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Shaktipuja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Śaktipūjā can be transliterated into English as Saktipuja or Shaktipuja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśaktipūjā (शक्तिपूजा).—f S Worship of the śakti q. v.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚaktipūjā (शक्तिपूजा).—the worship of Śakti.
Śaktipūjā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakti and pūjā (पूजा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚaktipūjā (शक्तिपूजा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Bik. 606.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śaktipūjā (शक्तिपूजा):—[=śakti-pūjā] [from śakti > śak] f. Śakti-worship, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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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Partial matches: Puja, Shakti.
Starts with: Shaktipujaka, Shaktipujatarangini.
Full-text: Shaktipujatarangini, Anandatantra.
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