Shaktism

Exploring the Evolution and Significance of Shaktism: A Study of Goddess Worship and Cultural Evolution

Authors

  • Sneh Lata Research Scholar, Department of History

Keywords:

Shaktism, female principle, faith, goddess of Shakti, mother goddess, origin, pre-historic mother goddess cult, primitive life

Abstract

Shaktism in which the highest place was accorded to the female principle was the faith of a large number of people all over the continent. The goddess of Shakti was worshipped with different names: most popular was the mother goddess. The origin of Shaktism evolved out of the pre-historic mother goddess cult symbolizing the facts of primitive life.

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2015-10-01

How to Cite

[1]
“Shaktism: Exploring the Evolution and Significance of Shaktism: A Study of Goddess Worship and Cultural Evolution”, JASRAE, vol. 10, no. 20, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2015, Accessed: Aug. 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5781

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 20 (2015): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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Articles

How to Cite

[1]
“Shaktism: Exploring the Evolution and Significance of Shaktism: A Study of Goddess Worship and Cultural Evolution”, JASRAE, vol. 10, no. 20, pp. 0–0, Oct. 2015, Accessed: Aug. 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5781