Talk:Shaktism

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Someone had added Smartism as one of the primary schools of Hinduism. In fact, it is a largely caste-based sect of Southern Hinduism, not a primary strand. As far as I know, Smartism was never considered as a major school of Hinduism until Satguru Subramuniyaswami proposed it as such in the mid-90's. He undoubtedly had his reasons -- albeit mainly sectarian and idiosyncratic -- for doing so. But the purpose of an encyclopedia article is to clarify, not obscure a topic.

For all practical purposes, a newcomer approaching Hinduism will be helped by understanding that the faith mainly comprises three sects: Vaishnavism, encompassing Krishna and Rama-centered cults, and representing the vast bulk of rituals, practices and beliefs that most Hindus follow; Shaivism, the more meditative and philosophically sophisticated practices placing Shiva at their apex; and Shaktism, the focus of this article, encompassing the Devi or Goddess-centered sects. These divisions are a useful starting point for getting a grasp on what Hinduism is.

In summary, then, the inclusion of Smartism is (a) a largely arbitrary and sectarian inclusion (i.e. if we admit Smartism as a "main school" of Hinduism, we immediately face the claims of at least a hundred other equally qualified sub-sects); and (b) a complex and difficult subdivision to explain, unlike Vaishnavism and Shaivism, and one more likely to confuse and obscure readers than to enlighten them.

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Adi Shakti in form of Goddess Kali is liberator of Moksha. Hence Shaktism is paradoxic too many scientific interpretations are similar with all paradoxic shaktism Concept.

Mohini
Why isn't Mohini a part of Shaktism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.67.179.108 (talk) 06:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Because she's an avatar of Narayana(Lord Vishnu) 950CMR (talk) 17:21, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Tried to fix incoherent sentence; needs review by someone knowledgeable
Greetings Wikipedians! I know little about Hinduism, but the sentence "One of the most influenced Hindu reform-era figure became shakta-universalist Ramakrishna, for whom all were the same Mother Goddess." is very confusing to me. The grammar and syntax are wrong but I don't know enough about the subject to fix it. Was Ramakrishna influenced by something, or influential in something? I suspect that the sentence is supposed to say "Shakta-universalist Sri Ramakrishna, one of the most influential figures of the Hindu reform era, believed that all Hindu goddesses are the same Mother Goddess." If I'm mistaken, please feel free to correct my edit. Cordially, BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 12:34, 2 August 2021 (UTC)


 * You edit was constructive and welcome. Ms Sarah Welch (talk) 06:56, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Correction to IAST transliteration at the top.
This is rather minor but the devanagari at the top doesn't have a visarga, presumably because the aim was to quote it in dictionary form. Conversely, the IAST does. Might it be a good idea to delete the 'h' with a dot under it from the IAST to make it exactly consistent with the devanagari? 104.255.135.185 (talk) 12:16, 18 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I've now gone ahead and made this edit. 104.255.135.185 (talk) 08:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I've just come from the Shakti page and it needs a LOT of work. Would any of the authors of this page be interested in working on the Shakti page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemmingweigh (talk • contribs) 20:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)