Shaktas
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Shaktas are followers of Shaktism, a Hindu tradition that worships the Divine Mother (Shakti/Devi) as the supreme reality and creative power.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shakti | 43 |
| Shakta Hindus | 7 |
| Shakta | 5 |
| Shaktas canonical | 3 |
| Shakti and Shakta | 3 |
| Adi Parashakti | 1 |
| Adishakti | 1 |
| Divine Mother | 1 |
| Mahashakti | 1 |
| shakti | 1 |
| Śakti | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T932931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaktas Context triple: [Devi, hasDevoteesCalled, Shaktas]
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A.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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B.
Mahavidyas
Mahavidyas are a group of ten fierce and esoteric aspects of the Hindu Divine Mother, central to Tantric Shaktism and revered as embodiments of supreme wisdom and cosmic power.
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C.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
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D.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
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E.
Chandi
Chandi is a fierce and powerful warrior aspect of the Hindu goddess Devi, associated with the destruction of evil and protection of the righteous.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaktas Target entity description: Shaktas are followers of Shaktism, a Hindu tradition that worships the Divine Mother (Shakti/Devi) as the supreme reality and creative power.
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A.
Devi
Devi is the supreme goddess in Hinduism, embodying the divine feminine power (Shakti) in its many forms such as Durga, Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
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B.
Mahavidyas
Mahavidyas are a group of ten fierce and esoteric aspects of the Hindu Divine Mother, central to Tantric Shaktism and revered as embodiments of supreme wisdom and cosmic power.
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C.
Shiva
Shiva is a principal Hindu god revered as the destroyer and transformer within the religion’s divine trinity, associated with asceticism, cosmic dance, and the cycle of creation and dissolution.
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D.
Kalki
Kalki is the prophesied future incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu who is foretold to appear at the end of the current age to restore righteousness and cosmic order.
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E.
Chandi
Chandi is a fierce and powerful warrior aspect of the Hindu goddess Devi, associated with the destruction of evil and protection of the righteous.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu denomination
ⓘ
religious community ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Shakti as cosmic energy
ⓘ
immanence of the Goddess ⓘ non-dual Shakta philosophy ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Assam
ⓘ
Himalayan regions of India ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Odisha ⓘ
linked to:
Orissa
West Bengal ⓘ |
| celebratesFestival |
Durga Puja
ⓘ
Kali Puja ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
Shakti is the supreme reality
ⓘ
linked to:
Adi Parashakti
Shakti is the ultimate creative power ⓘ
linked to:
Shakti is the all-encompassing cosmic power
the Divine Feminine is absolute ⓘ
linked to:
Mother Goddess
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| follows | Shaktism ⓘ |
| hasSubtradition |
Kalikula
ⓘ
Sri Vidya ⓘ Srikula ⓘ Tantric Shaktism ⓘ
linked to:
Shaktism
folk Shaktism ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
monotheistic in focus on the Goddess
ⓘ
often monistic or non-dualistic ⓘ |
| primaryDeityForm |
Chandi
ⓘ
Durga ⓘ
linked to:
Devi
Kali ⓘ Lalita Tripurasundari ⓘ Parvati ⓘ
linked to:
Goddess Gauri
|
| primaryPractice |
Navaratri observance
ⓘ
Tantric rituals ⓘ mantra recitation ⓘ puja ⓘ yantra worship ⓘ |
| relatedTradition |
Shaivism
ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| ritualFocus |
initiation by a guru
ⓘ
worship of the Goddess in images and symbols ⓘ |
| veneratesScripture |
Devi Bhagavata Purana
ⓘ
Devi Mahatmya ⓘ Kalika Purana ⓘ Shakta Upanishads ⓘ Yogini Tantra ⓘ |
| viewsShaktiAs |
consort and power of Shiva
ⓘ
embodiment of both creation and destruction ⓘ source of all deities ⓘ |
| worships |
Devi
ⓘ
Divine Mother ⓘ
linked to:
Adi Parashakti
Shakti ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shaktas Description of subject: Shaktas are followers of Shaktism, a Hindu tradition that worships the Divine Mother (Shakti/Devi) as the supreme reality and creative power.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Vaishno Devi Temple (in some traditions)
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