Shaktism involves a galaxy of goddesses, all being regarded as different aspects, manifestations, or personifications of the divine feminine energy called Shakti. It includes various modes of worship, ranging from those focused on the most worshipped Durga, to …

2025年2月22日 · Shaktism, worship of the Hindu goddess Shakti (Sanskrit: “Power” or “Energy”). Shaktism is, together with Vaishnavism and Shaivism, one of the major forms of modern Hinduism and is especially popular in Bengal and Assam.

Shaktism focusses on the goddess generically called “Devi.” She is worshipped most often as the consort of Shiva, but has also been raised to the status of the Supreme.

Shaktism (Śāktaḥ, lit., “doctrine of energy, power, the eternal goddess“) is a major tradition of Hinduism, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically a woman and Shakti is regarded as the supreme godhead. It includes many goddesses, all considered aspects of the same supreme goddess.

Shaktism as we know it began with the literature of the Vedic Age; further evolved during the formative period of the Hindu epics; reached its full flower during the Gupta Age (300-700 CE), and continued to expand and develop thereafter.

Practitioners of Shaktism (commonly known as Shaktas) conceive the goddess to be the personification of the universe's primordial energy and the source of the cosmos. Along with Shaivism and Vaishnavism, Shaktism is one of the three primary monotheistic devotional schools of contemporary Hinduism.

2024年6月30日 · Shaktism is one of the major denominations within Hinduism, distinguished by its worship of the divine as a female entity. Central to Shaktism is the belief that the ultimate metaphysical reality, or the supreme godhead, is female, symbolized by the goddess Shakti.

2013年9月2日 · Shaktism - is one of the three pillars of Hinduism, along with Vaishnavism and Shaivism, the core of which is the cult of the Mother Goddess, the feminine, personified in different guises of Hindu goddesses and, above all, the wife of Shiva, known under the names of Devi, Kali, Durga Parvati, etc.

2023年2月15日 · Shaktism tradition practices animal sacrifice to revere goddesses such as Kali in many parts of India but particularly in the eastern states of India and Nepal. This is either an actual animal, or a vegetable or sweet dish substitute considered equivalent to the animal.

Shaktism is a cult of Hinduism that focuses on worship of the Goddess (feminine God). Goddess is worshiped in many forms, such as, the violent Durga, the fearsome Kali, the nurturing Parvati, or the gentle Lakshmi, among others.