adi-parashakti
आदिपराशक्ति ādi parāśaktiThe primordial supreme power; in Shaktism, the Goddess as the ultimate reality, of whom all gods and goddesses are aspects.
Where this term appears
- Who is Durga? Deities
This is the central conviction of Shaktism: that the ultimate is the Goddess, the Mahadevi or Adi Parashakti , and that what other traditions call Brahman is, for the Shakta, the Mother.
- The Goddess Who Would Not Be Forbidden Treatise
She is Adi Parashakti , the primordial Power, mula-prakriti , the root of nature, the Goddess from whom even Shiva proceeds.