Shakti
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #817 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 12 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Earliest known depiction dates from the sixth century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tarakasura, Surapadma, Simhamukha, Krowchaka, Gayatri, Parameshwari, Ayudhapurusha, Heti, Gada, Kaumodaki, Dhanus, Dhanushya, Chakra, Sudarshana Chakra, Shankha, Padma, Ankusha, Pasha, Trisula, vajra, Khadga, Danda, Bana, Bhindi, Dhvaja, Trishula, Chakra-rupi Vishnu, Yoga-Narasimha, Bhairavi, Akhilandeswari, Kamakshi, Annapurna, Kshethra Balaka, Rudra Savarni Manu, Sri, Hrī, Puṣṭī, Sūrya, Vishnu, Brahma, Kārtikeya, Durga, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali, Saraswati, Mahamaya, Śruti, Smriti, Ātman Vidya, Brahmavidya, Adya Kali, Mahāmārī, Lakṣmī, Chanda, Munda, Shumbha, Nishumbha, Mahasaraswati, Shara, Adi Parashakti
- parent of
- Ganesha
- manifests as
- Chamunda, Kubjikā, Kundalini, Boyakonda Gangamma
- allied with
- Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Maheshwari, Varahi, Narasimhi
- created by
- Kauśikī
- aspect of
- Parvati
- has aspect
- Gramadevata, Navashakti, Chamunda, Kundalini, Manasā Devī, kali, Durga, Gauri, Meenakshi, Mahakali, Ambika, Gangamma Devi, Boyakonda Gangamma, Draupadi
- creator of
- Virabahu
- syncretized with
- Poleramma
- enemy of
- Matang
- manifested by
- Prakriti
Mentioned by
- Sūrya
- Vishnu
- Brahma
- Kārtikeya
- Durga
- Mahalakshmi
- Mahakali
- Saraswati
- Mahamaya
- Śruti
- Smriti
- Ātman Vidya
- Brahmavidya
- Adya Kali
- Mahāmārī
- Lakṣmī
and 25 more
Sources
Source passages
“invokes the five deities Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, and Sūrya. This system was instituted by Adi Shankara primarily to unite the principal deities of the five major sects (Gāṇapatya, Śaiva, Vaiṣṇava, Shakta and Saura) on an equal status”
#9703 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Shiva granted him celestial weapons and the divine spear vel, an embodiment of the power of Shakti (Parvati)...These nine men were borne by nine lesser clones of Shakti who appeared from her silambu (anklet).”
#11954 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The puja begins with Ghatasthapana, a ritual that symbolises Shakti.”
#18944 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Treatises such as the Vishnudharmottara Purana and various Agamas describe the iconography of the ayudhapurushas. Shakti is depicted as a red-hued woman seated on a wolf.”
#22277 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Shakti is pure energy, untamed, unchecked, and chaotic. Her wrath crystallizes into a dark, blood-thirsty, tangled-hair Goddess with an open mouth and a drooping tongue.”
#29302 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5