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Meaning of "Mahashakti>"

Word

Mahashakti

Sanskrit

महाशक्ति

IAST

mahāśakti

In General

The Great Power; the divine creative energy.

The creative energy is personified as Sakti or Parasakti. According to Sakteya system of thought all the forces everything which appear in various names and forms are in fact Mashakti herself, her different manifestations, depending on her various forms, actions etc. she is addressed by different names.

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