The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2073 page)
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akra(courage):
Sak
d
g
min
:
dgmin:
akti(Skt., ‘power’). Creative power in Hinduism manifested as Goddess and consort of
iva
. She is venerated under many aspects (e.g. each
cakra
is governed by a particularization of
akti) and many names (e.g.
Durg
,
K
l
,
Amb
). Devotion to
akti is thus extremely diverse: see
KTISM
. As the creative power, able to bring things into appearance,
akti resembles
m
y
; for that reason, goddesses in their role as
akti are often referred to as M
iva. She is venerated under many aspects (e.g. each
cakra
is governed by a particularization of
akti) and many names (e.g.Durg
,K
l,Amb
). Devotion toakti is thus extremely diverse: seeKTISM. As the creative power, able to bring things into appearance,
akti resemblesm
y; for that reason, goddesses in their role asakti are often referred to as MOther books
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