Shaktitva, Śaktitva, Shakti-tva: 2 definitions
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Shaktitva 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 Śaktitva can be transliterated into English as Saktitva or Shaktitva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Śaktitva (शक्तित्व) refers to the “state of Śakti”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “The face called the Lower World is on the path below. It is all bliss, secret, omniscient, and facing everywhere. It generates the six-fold path (of the universe). It is all things, the place where death arises (as well as) the seed and womb of the universe. It is the abode of the mother, the secret energy. That current is the lord Akula who, in order to emanate the universe, conceives his own imperishable Self to be Śakti (śaktitva)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śaktitva (शक्तित्व):—[=śakti-tva] [from śakti > śak] n. (ifc.) = -tā, [Suśruta]
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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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 233 < [Volume 10 (1911)]
Goddess Laksmi < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Shakti (The Power) in the Philosophy of the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 12, Part 2 (1970)]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 16 - Śiva’s principle < [Section 6 - Kailāsa-saṃhitā]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - Brahman, Paramātman, Bhagavat and Parameśvara < [Chapter XXIV - The Bhāgavata-purāṇa]