Sakta: Perbedaan antara revisi

Penganut Sakta meyakini [[Sakti]] sebagai kekuatan yang mendasari segala prinsip-prinsip kelakian, sedangkan Dewi biasanya digambarkan sebagai [[Parwati]] (pasangan Siwa) atau [[Laksmi]] (pasangan Wisnu). Ia dapat pula digambarkan dengan wujud berbeda, seperti [[Kali (dewi)|Kali]] atau [[Durga]] yang menyeramkan. Sakta erat kaitannya dengan [[Tantrisme|Hinduisme Tantra]], yang mengajarkan ritus dan praktik pembersihan pikiran dan raga.<ref name=Iskcon>{{cite web|title=ISKCON|url=http://hinduism.iskcon.org/tradition/1200.htm|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-date=2015-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115192823/http://hinduism.iskcon.org/tradition/1200.htm|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name="Hindus in SA">{{cite web|title=Hindus in SA|url=http://www.hinduism.co.za/hindu3.htm|accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Dubois">{{cite book|last=Dubois|title=Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies|publisher=Cosimo|page=111|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=4zMY2qURR-8C&pg=PA111&dq=hindu+sects&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MLD0UpvBNsLulAXmq4C4DA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=hindu%20sects&f=false}}</ref> Umat Sakta memakai mantra, sihir, gambar sakral, [[yoga]], dan ritual untuk memanggil kekuatan-kekuatan kosmis.<ref name="Himalaya Academy">{{cite web|title=HimalayanAcademy|url=http://www.himalayanacademy.com/readlearn/basics/four-sects|accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref>

File:KolkatatempleDakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India (2007).jpg|Kuil ''Kali Dakshineswar'' ([[Kolkata]], Benggala Barat)

* {{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Douglas Renfrew |title=The Secret of the Three Cities: An Introduction to Hindu Shakta Tantrism |url=https://archive.org/details/secretofthreecit0000broo |publisher=[[The University of Chicago Press]] |location=Chicago |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-226-07569-3 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Douglas Renfrew |title=Auspicious Wisdom: The Texts and Traditions of Srividya Shakta Tantrism in South India |url=https://archive.org/details/auspiciouswisdom0000broo |publisher=[[State University of New York Press]] |location=Albany |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-7914-1146-9 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Brown |first=C. MacKenzie |title=The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and Theological Issues of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana |url=https://archive.org/details/triumphofgoddess0000brow |publisher=State University of New York Press |series=SUNY Series in Hindu Studies |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-7914-0364-8 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Dempsey |first=Corinne G. |title=The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple |url=https://archive.org/details/goddesslivesinup00cori |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |year=2006 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Kinsley |first=David |title=Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition |url=https://archive.org/details/hindugoddessesvi0000kins_s3o9 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |year=1987 |isbn=978-81-208-0394-7 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |authorlink=Devdutt Pattanaik |title=Devi the Mother-Goddess: An Introduction |url=https://archive.org/details/liang.2639.devimothergoddes0000patt |publisher=Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd. |location=Mumbai |year=2000 |ref=harv}}

* {{cite book |last=Bolon |first=Carol Radcliffe |title=Forms of the Goddess Lajja Gauri in Indian Art |url=https://archive.org/details/formsofgoddessla0000bolo |publisher=[[Penn State University Press]] |location=University Park, PA |year=1992}}

* {{cite book |last=Erndl |first=Kathleen M. |title=Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol |url=https://archive.org/details/victorytomothert00ernd |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=1992}}

* {{cite book |last=Smith |first=Frederick M. |year=2006 |title=The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature |url=https://archive.org/details/selfpossesseddei0000smit |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |isbn=0-231-13748-6}}

* {{cite book |last=Urban |first=Hugh B. |title=Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics and Power in the Study of Religion |url=https://archive.org/details/tantrasexsecrecy0000urba |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-520-93689-8 |ref=harv}}