SINCE 1828
Shaktism
noun
Shak·tism
| \
ˈshäk-ˌti-zəm ,
ˈsäk- \
ˈsäk- \
variants:
or less commonly
Saktism
Definition of Shaktism
: a Hindu sect worshipping Shakti under various names (such as Kali or Durga) in a cult of devotion to the female principle often with magical or orgiastic rites
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