| In the Smarta sect, Surya is worshiped as a major Deity, along with Ganesha, Vishnu, Siva, Sakti and Skanda. |
| Saktas refer to the Supreme as Sakti, Smartas call the Supreme Being Brahman, and to Vaishnavas He is Vishnu. |
| The Sakti goddess, Bhagavati, the Tiyans look upon as their own guardian spirit. |
| The boy explained that it was not a heinous crime to cut off the head of one who had prevented the Sakti worship. |
| Already, in the lifetime of his father, he had distinguished himself in combats with the Petti and the Sakti. |
| Lakshmi, as we have just noticed, is the Sakti or consort of Vishnu, the preservative power of the deity. |
