power; ability; strength; might; effort; energy; capability; faculty; skill; capacity for; power over; effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy); regal power (consisting of three parts); the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife and worshipped by the Śākta sect of Hindūs under various names; the female organ (as worshipped by the Śākta sect either actually or symbolically); the power or signification of a word; (in Gram.) case-power; the idea conveyed by a case; the power or force or most effective word of a sacred text or magic formula; the creative power or imagination (of a poet); help; aid; assistance; gift; bestowal; a spear; lance; pike; dart; a sword; (prob.) a flag-staff; a particular configuration of stars and planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th astrological house)