Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1868)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 695
the sacti, which represents theenergy or power of her lord. The names of thethree sactis of the Hindoo triad are Saraswati, Lak-shmi, and Panati, 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 In plates, the sactis 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 if…
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