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Shi•va-Shak•ti



Pronunciation: (shē'vu-shuk'tē), [key]
n. Hinduism.
the Godhead, of which the masculine, passive, transcendent, eternal principle is Shiva, and the feminine, active, immanent, temporal principle is Shakti, the Divine Mother. Cf. Tantra.

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