Divine Mother (Shakthi)

Shakti means Power or Energy. It is a fundamental concept of Hinduism, which is offten associated with the feminine principle and personified by Devi. The Hinduism’s primordial goddess.

In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the supreme being. Shakti embodies Shiv’s active female energy and identified as Mahadevi or Parvati. Adepts of Shaktism, Called Shakta, focus their adoration on the female aspect of Divine. Shiv, The male aspect of the godhead, and his worship, are generaly relegated to an auxiliary role.

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In Tantrism, Shakti defines the union of contraries. The two poles, Enery & the Divine conciseness (Shakti & Shiv) must be untied, They will remain indissolubly united in the absolute. Indian wisdome masters explain shakti as force for self-fulfillment for both men & women. This force is manifested by the awakening of love for entire universe.

In Hindu tradition cosmology contrasts the two concepts Brahman (Essance) and Pradana (Existence or Shakti). Shakti is the universal mother, is the form that enables Brahman to materialise, to become manifest.

In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti is the primordial cosmic energy (“Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability”) , and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the universe. This energy is thought of as creative, sustaining, as well as destructive, and is sometimes referred to as auspicious source energy.

Shakti is sometimes personified as the Creatrix, and is known as “Adi Shakti” or “Adi Para Shakti” (i.e., Primordial Inconceivable Energy). In Shaktism, Adi Parashakti is worshipped as the Supreme Being/God. On every plane of creation, energy manifests itself into all forms of matter; these are all thought to be infinite forms of Para Shakti. However, the true form of Para Shakti is unknown, and beyond human understanding. She is described as Anaadi (with no beginning, no ending) and Nitya (forever).

One of the oldest representations of the goddess in India is in a triangular form. The Baghor stone, found in a Paleolithic context in the Son River valley and dating to 9,000–8,000 BCE, is considered an early example of a yantra. Kenoyer, part of the team that excavated the stone, considered that it was highly probable that the stone is associated with Shakti. The worshipping of Shiv and Shakti was also prevalent in Indus valley civilization.

Shakti is the primordial cosmic energy (“Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability”) , and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the universe. This energy is thought of as creative, sustaining, as well as destructive, and is sometimes referred to as auspicious source energy.