variants
or less commonly Sakti
: the dynamic energy of a Hindu god personified as his female consort
broadly
: cosmic energy as conceived in Hindu thought
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Her work sheds light on issues such as human trafficking and systemic oppression, and Shakti hopes to empower other women through her paintings.
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 24 July 2024
The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
After Prakriti Shakti's restraint, Sitaram Beach felt like a maximalist indulgence: Opulent traditional architecture framed a lush garden brimming with coconut palms, orchids, and medicinal plants, while waves crashed on a nearby beach.
—Vasudha Rai, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023
When Kid bungles his first attack on the nightclub and is shot by the police, he’s rescued by Alpha, the leader of a hijra community that is under threat from Baba Shakti’s political movement.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
In a key flashback, Rana—acting on Shakti’s orders—clears out Kid’s forest-adjacent village so the land can be used for industrial growth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
There’s also the matter of the movie’s main villain, Baba Shakti — a white-haired ultranationalist power broker who whips worshipful mobs into a frenzy and who may have looked a little too much like India’s prime minister Narendra Modi for Netflix.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Mat | $89 Give the gift of deeper recovery — for body and mind — this year with an acupressure mat from Shakti.
—Outside Run Editors, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
Named Shakti and Shiva for Hindu deities, the streams were likely parts of other galaxies that merged with the Milky Way in its infancy between 12 billion and 13 billion years ago.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 24 July 2024
The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago.
—Georgina Torbet, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
After Prakriti Shakti's restraint, Sitaram Beach felt like a maximalist indulgence: Opulent traditional architecture framed a lush garden brimming with coconut palms, orchids, and medicinal plants, while waves crashed on a nearby beach.
—Vasudha Rai, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023
When Kid bungles his first attack on the nightclub and is shot by the police, he’s rescued by Alpha, the leader of a hijra community that is under threat from Baba Shakti’s political movement.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
In a key flashback, Rana—acting on Shakti’s orders—clears out Kid’s forest-adjacent village so the land can be used for industrial growth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
There’s also the matter of the movie’s main villain, Baba Shakti — a white-haired ultranationalist power broker who whips worshipful mobs into a frenzy and who may have looked a little too much like India’s prime minister Narendra Modi for Netflix.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Mat | $89 Give the gift of deeper recovery — for body and mind — this year with an acupressure mat from Shakti.
—Outside Run Editors, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
Named Shakti and Shiva for Hindu deities, the streams were likely parts of other galaxies that merged with the Milky Way in its infancy between 12 billion and 13 billion years ago.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Shakti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shakti. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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