Definition of shaktism Shaktism

Shak•tism

We found 4 definitions of shaktism from 3 different sources.

What does shaktism mean?

Noun
shaktism - a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
		Saktism
		religious order, religious sect, sect a subdivision of a larger religious group
		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
shaktism - worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
		Saktism
		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