SaktiH f. [ Sak-ktin ] 1 ( a ) Power, ability, capacity, strength, energy, prowess; dEvaM nihatya kuru pOruzamAtmaSaktyA Pt. 1. 361 ; jYAni mOnaM kzamA SaktO R. 1. 22 ; so yaTASakti, svaSakti &c. ( b ) Faculty, capacity; smaraRaSakti ‘retentive faculty or memory’. 2 Regal power; (it has three parts or elements; praBuSakti or praBAvaSakti ‘the majesty or pre-eminent position of the king himself’; 2 maMtraSakti ‘the power of good counsel’, and 3 utsAhaSakti ‘the power of energy’); ( pb ) rAjyaM nAma SaktitrayAyattaM Dk. ; trisADanA SaktirivArTasaMcayaM R. 3. 13 , 6. 33 , 17. 63 ; Śi. 2. 26. 3 The power of composition, poetic power or genius; SaktirnipuRatA lokaSAstrakAvyAdyavekzaRAt K. P. 1 ; see explanation ad loc. 4 The active power of a deity, regarded as his wife, female divinity; (these are variously enumerated, 8, 9 or even 50 being mentioned); sa jayati pariRadDaH SaktiBiH SaktinATaH Māl. 5. 1 ; Ś. 7. 35. 5 A kind of missile; SaktiKaMqAmarzitena gAMqIvinoktaM Ve. 3 ; tato biBeda pOlastyaH SaktyA vakzasi lakzmaRaM R. 12. 77. 6 A spear, dart, pike, lance. 7 (In phil. ) The relation of a term to the thing designated. 8 The power inherent in cause to produce its necessary effect. 9 (In Rhet. ) The power or signification of a word; (these are three aBiDA, lakzaRA and vyaMjanA ); tisraH Sabdasya SaktayaH S. D. 11. 10 The expressive power or denotation of a word ( opp. lakzaRA and vyaMjanA ); it is thus defined: — asmAcCabdAdayamarTo bodDavya ityAkArako'nAdisaMketaH SaktiH Tarka K. 11 The female organ, the counterpart of the Phallus of Śiva worshipped by a sect of people called Śāktas. 12 A sword. 13 An implement in gambling. Comp. — arDaH perspiring and panting through fatigue or exertion. — apekza , — apekzin a. having regard to strength; Śi. 2. 93. — kuMWanaM the deadening of a power. — graha a. 1 apprehending the force or meaning. 2 armed with a spear. — (haH) 1 apprehension of the force, meaning, or acceptation of a word. 2 a spearman, lancer. 3 an epithet of Śiva. 4 of Kārtikeya. — grAhaka a. determining or establishing the meaning of a word. — (kaH) an epithet of Kārtikeya. — trayaM the three constituent elements of regal power; see Sakti (2) above. — Dara a. strong, powerful. — (raH) 1 a spearman. 2 an epithet of Kārtikeya. — pARiH, -Bft m. 1 a spearman. 2 an epithet of Kārtikeya. — pAtaH prostration of strength. — pUjakaH a Śākta q. v. — pUjA the worship of Śakti. — pUrvaH an epithet of Parāśara. — kalyaM loss of strength, debility, incapacity. — hani a. powerless, weak, impotent. — hetikaH a lancer, spearman.