sákthi n. (derivation doubtful
• the base sakthán [fr. which acc. pl. sakthāni RV. v, 61, 3] appears in later language only in the weakest cases, e.g. sg. instr. sakthnā́ gen. abl. sakthnás loc. saktháni, or sakthní, Pāṇ. 7-1, 75
• there occurs also nom. acc. du. sakthyaú [RV. x, 86, 16 AV. vi, 9, 1] formed fr. a fem. base sakthī́), the thigh, thigh-bone
• the pole or shafts of a cart (du. euphemistically 'the female organ') RV. &c. &c

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William