Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- ದೇವರ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ
- Transliteration
- Dēvara Sāmarthya
- Rejected alternatives
- ಶಕ್ತಿ
Power Of God
Use ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ; never ಶಕ್ತಿ — Karnataka’s prominent Shakta tradition (Chamundeshwari at Mysore, tutelary deity of the former Mysore royal house) makes ಶಕ್ತಿ read as a specific divine-feminine power distinct from the one God’s saving power.
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