Shaktism

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Hindu denomination Hindu tradition religious tradition

Shaktism is a major Hindu tradition that centers on the worship of the Divine Mother (Shakti) as the supreme, all-encompassing cosmic power.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu denomination ⓘ
Hindu tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedDeity Tripura Sundari ⓘ
surface form: Bhuvaneshwari

Chandi ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form: Durga

Kali ⓘ
Lalita ⓘ
surface form: Lalita Tripurasundari

Mahavidyas ⓘ
Devi ⓘ
surface form: Parvati
coreBelief Shakti is the all-encompassing cosmic power ⓘ
Brahman ⓘ
surface form: Shakti is the supreme reality
coreDeity Devi ⓘ
surface form: Divine Mother

Devi ⓘ
surface form: Shakti
cosmologyView universe is manifestation of Shakti ⓘ
geographicPresence People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
goal moksha ⓘ
union with the Divine Mother ⓘ
importantFestival Durga Puja ⓘ
Kali Puja ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
majorBranch Kalikula ⓘ
Srikula ⓘ
majorText Devi Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Devi Mahatmya ⓘ
Lalita Sahasranama ⓘ
Saundarya Lahari ⓘ
Shakta Upanishads ⓘ
Tantras ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation monistic ⓘ
monotheistic ⓘ
panentheistic ⓘ
relatedTradition Shaivism ⓘ
Smartism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
templeType Shakti Peetha ⓘ
usesRitual Tantric rituals ⓘ
mantra ⓘ
puja ⓘ
yantra ⓘ
viewOfShiva Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Shiva is Shakti’s consort

Shiva is powerless without Shakti ⓘ
worshipFocus Devi ⓘ
Divine feminine ⓘ
goddess ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smartism → contrastedWith → Shaktism ⓘ
Hinduism → hasMajorTradition → Shaktism ⓘ
Shaivism → relatedTradition → Shaktism ⓘ
Sri Yantra → tradition → Shaktism ⓘ
Devi → veneratedIn → Shaktism ⓘ
Kali → worshipTradition → Shaktism ⓘ