a. ktī f. [śaktirdevatā'sya aṇ.] 1 Relating to power.

2 Re- [Page1039-a+ 56] lating to Śakti or the female personi- fication of divine energy ktaḥ A worshipper of Śakti; (the Śāktas are generally worshippers of Durgā representing the female personifica- tion of divine energy, and the ritual enjoined to them is of two kinds, the pure or right-hand ritual dakṣiṇā- cāra, and impure or left-hand ritual vāmācāra q....

mfn. (fr. śakti) relating to power or energy, relating to the S3akti śakti or divine energy under its female personification Sarvad. 1062,2 214867 m. a worshipper of that energy (especially as identified with Durga1 durgā, wife of S3iva śiva; the S3a1ktas SAkta s form one of the principal sects of the Hindu1s Hindus, their tenets being contained in the Tantras tantra s and the ritual enjoined being of... m. a...