# चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chamunda

चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a terrific form of Durga.

- **SLP1:** `cAmuMqA`  **IAST:** cāmuṃḍā  **Devanagari:** चामुंडा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamunda
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chamunda/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चामुण्डा (cāmuṇḍā), चामुण्ड (cāmuṇḍa)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- A terrific form of Durga  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā) [Printed book page 0490-b ] चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā) A terrific form of Durgā; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. 25; (the word is thus derived; यस्माच्चंडं च मुंडं च गृहीत्वा त्वमुपागता । (yasmāccaṃḍaṃ ca muṃḍaṃ ca gṛhītvā tvamupāgatā.) चामुंडोति ततो लोके ख्याता देवी भविष्यसि ॥ (cāmuṃḍoti tato loke khyātā devī bhaviṣyasi..) ). [ ID=13247 ]
- A terrific form of Durga  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā) [Printed book page 271-04 ] चामुंडा (cāmuṃḍā) f. A terrific form of Durgā, M.M. v. [ ID=13563 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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