SAkta mfn. ( fr. Sakti ) relating to power or energy, relating to the Śakti or divine energy under its female personification, Sarvad.
SAkta a. ktI f. [ SaktirdevatA'sya aR .] 1 Relating to power. 2 ( pb ) Relating to Śakti or the female personification of divine energy — ktaH A worshipper of Śakti; (the Śāktas are generally worshippers of Durgā representing the female personification of divine energy, and the ritual enjoined to them is of two kinds, the pure or right-hand ritual dakziRAcAra , and impure or left-hand ritual vAmAcAra q.q. v.v. ).