शाक्त [ śākta ] [ śākta ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ śakti ] ) relating to power or energy , relating to the Śakti or divine energy under its female personification Lit. Sarvad.

[ śākta ] m. a worshipper of that energy ( especially as identified with Durgā , wife of Śiva ; the Śāktas form one of the principal sects of the Hindūs , their tenets being contained in the Tantras and the ritual enjoined being of two kinds , the impurer called [ vāmācāra ] q.v. , and the purer [ dakṣiṇācāra ] q.v.) Lit. RTL. 185

m. a teacher , preceptor Lit. RV. vii , 103 , 5

patr. of Parāśara Lit. MBh. (C. [ śāktra ] )

n. N. of a Sāman ( prob. = [ śāktya ] q.v.)