Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1873)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 663
the sacti, which represents theenergy or power of her lord. The names of thethree sactis of the Hindoo triad are Saraswati, Lak-shmi, and Parvati, or Devi. Some Hindoos prefer toworship these, just as certain Europeans prefer theworship of the Virgin to that of the Father; andjust as the latter are… … 643 Sacti] In plates, the sacti are usually represented asordinary females, more or less draped, but alwaysfree from any idea of indelicacy. Sometimes theyare represented as united to their lords after themanner of androgynous compounds, the male beingon the right side, the female on the left, as…
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