Definitions
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- noun A branch of
Hinduism that focuses on theworship ofShakti as a supremegoddess .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Hindu sect worshiping Shakti
- noun worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
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Examples
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The KS is a very advanced, very powerful recitation from the Srividya school of Shaktism and yet it is totally within the reach of anyone who approaches it in a spirit of serious, sustained devotion and practice.
WN.com - Articles related to Focus on awareness against pollution, media urged 2010
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Srividya school of Shaktism and yet it is totally within the reach of anyone who approaches it in a spirit of serious, sustained devotion and practice.
WN.com - Articles related to Focus on awareness against pollution, media urged 2010
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Hindu culture is unique in its character because it worships 'Divine Faminine' (Shaktism) or Goddess worship.
rediff.com 2009
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Shaktism, and in currents of folk Hinduism strongly rooted in local tribal traditions "
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