śakti (English spelling) sakti

Japanese: śakti(英語表記)sakti
śakti (English spelling) sakti

…Two more chakras are usually counted. One is the triangular Agni-cakra, located just below the Mooladhara-cakra, in which resides the Shakti (sexual force), identified with Shiva, in the form of a three-and-a-half-coiled serpent called the Kundalini (kuṇḍalinī). This Kundalini is also, in a sense, the essence of life (jīvātman). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "śakti" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,ふつうは,これに加えて二つのチャクラを数える。一つは,ムーラーダーラ・チャクラの直下にあり,三角形をしたアグニ・チャクラagni‐cakraで,ここには,シバ神妃と同一視されるシャクティśakti(性力)が,三重半のとぐろを巻いたクンダリニーkuṇḍalinīという名の蛇の形をして住まっているという。このクンダリニーは,ある意味では,生命の本体(ジーバートマンjīvātman)でもある。…

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