# चण्डी (caṇḍī)

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चण्डी (caṇḍī) is a Sanskrit word meaning fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, passionate, or angry, circumcised, a mythical being, Shiva or Bhairava, a demon causing diseases, name of a Daitya. Its 31 recorded definitions are grouped into 17 contexts, among them Goddess Durgā, Attendant of a Deity/Figure, Adverb: Violently, Angrily.

- **SLP1:** `caRqI`  **IAST:** caṇḍī  **Devanagari:** चण्डी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chandi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चंडी (caṃḍī), चण्डि (caṇḍi)

## Meanings by context

### Goddess Durgā (6 definitions)
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 383,1] चण्डा (caṇḍā) f. ( g. बह्व् - आदि (bahv-ādi) ), N. of Durgā ( esp. as incarnation for the purpose of destroying the Asura Mahiṣa, this exploit forming the subject of the Devī-māhātmya (Title) and being particularly celebrated in Bengāl at the Durgāpūjā about Oct. Nov. ), Mahābhārata (Title) vi, 797; Harivaṃśa (Title) 10245 [ ID=70917 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Durgā, Mahābhārata (Title) vi, 797; Harivaṃśa (Title) 10233; Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) xi [ ID=70925 ]
- Durga  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चण्ड (caṇḍa) ी (caṇḍī) [Printed book page 315 ] चण्ड (caṇḍa) ी (caṇḍī) f. ( - ण्डी (-ṇḍī) ) DURGĀ. see चण्ड (caṇḍa). [ ID=14684 ]
- Durga  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चण्डी (caṇḍī) [Printed book page 275-b ] चण्डी (caṇḍī) ( ण्डी ) ((ṇḍī)) 3. f. Durgā. [ ID=14138 ]
- Durga  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चण्ड (caṇḍa) ी (caṇḍī) [Printed book page 259-b ] चण्ड (caṇḍa) ी (caṇḍī) f. ( - ण्डी (-ṇḍī) ) DURGA: see चण्ड (caṇḍa). चण्ड (caṇḍa)- वह्वा - वा ङीष् । ( caṇḍa-vahvā-vā ṅīṣ.) [ ID=14676 ]
- Durga or Uma  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > चण्डी (caṇḍī) [Printed book page 172-1 ] Caṇḍī = Durgā (Umā): VI, 797. [ ID=1954 ]

### Attendant of a Deity/Figure (4 definitions)
- an attendant of Yama or of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an attendant of Yama or of Śiva, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70911 ]
- an epithet of one of the eight Nayikas or Saktis of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of one of the 8 Nāyikās or Saktis of Durgā, Brahma-purāṇa (Title); Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=70918 ]
- Name of an attendant of the twelfth Arhat of the present Avasarpini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of an attendant of the 12th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70919 ]
- a female attendant of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a female attendant of Durgā [ ID=70926 ]

### Adverb: Violently, Angrily (2 definitions)
- violently, in anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 383,1] चण्डम् (caṇḍam) ind. violently, in anger, Mālavikāgnimitra (Title) iii, 21 [ ID=70916 ]
- unexpectedly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 383,2] 1. चण्डी (caṇḍī) ind. [ ID=71025 ]

### Demon/Malevolent Being Caṇḍa (2 definitions)
- a demon causing diseases  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a demon causing diseases, Harivaṃśa (Title) 9563 [ ID=70909 ]
- name of a Daitya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Daitya, 12937 [ ID=70910 ]

### Male Deity/Mythical Being Caṇḍa (2 definitions)
- a mythical being  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चण्ड (caṇḍa) m. N. of a mythical being ( चण्ड (caṇḍa) स्य नप्त्यस् (caṇḍasya naptyas), ‘daughters of Caṇḍa’, a class of female demons, Atharva-veda (Title) ii, 14, 1 ), Agni-purāṇa (Title) xlii, 20 [ ID=70907 ]
- Shiva or Bhairava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Śiva or Bhairava, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 10358; Śaṃkara-vijaya (Title) xxiii (= सूर्य (sūrya) ), Skanda-purāṇa (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 14631 [ ID=70908 ]

### Names of Plants (2 definitions)
- acid lime  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = - चुक्रा (-cukrā), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70913 ]
- 1. A plant species such as Andropogon aciculatus, Mucuna pruritus, and Salvinia cucullata. 2. White Durva grass.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a plant ( Andropogon aciculatus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author); Mucuna pruritus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author); Salvinia cucullata, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author); white Dūrvā grass, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author); लिङ्गिनी (liṅginī), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ), Suśruta (Title) i, iv; vi, 51 [ ID=70921 ]

### Noun: Heat, Passion, Wrath (2 definitions)
- heat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चण्ड (caṇḍa) n. heat, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70914 ]
- passion, wrath  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > passion, wrath, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70915 ]

### Passionate Woman / Term of Endearment (2 definitions)
- a passionate woman or vixen  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 383,1] चण्डी (caṇḍī) a f. ( g. बह्व् - आदि (bahv-ādi) ) a passionate woman, vixen, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=70923 ]
- a term of endearment applied to a mistress  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a term of endearment applied to a mistress, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=70924 ]

### A Metre in Prosody (1 definition)
- a metre of four times thirteen syllables  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a metre of 4 × 13 syllables ( cf. उच् - (uc-), प्र - (pra-); अ - चण्डी (a-caṇḍī), चाण्ड (cāṇḍa).) [ ID=70929 ]

### A Type of Perfume (1 definition)
- a kind of perfume  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of perfume (commonly Chor), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70922 ]

### Adjective: Circumcised (1 definition)
- circumcised  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > चण्ड (caṇḍa) mf( आ (ā) )n. circumcised, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70906 ]

### Adjective: Fierce, Passionate (1 definition)
- Fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, passionate, or angry.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 383,1] चण्ड (caṇḍa) mf( आ (ā), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) lxviii, 92; ई (ī), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii; Vikramorvaśī (Title); Raghuvaṃśa (Title) c.)n. (probably fr. चन्द्र (candra), ‘glowing’ with passion) fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry, Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=70905 ]

### Grammatical Information (Feminine Form) (1 definition)
- See the main entry  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. चण्डी (caṇḍī) f. of ° ड (°ḍa), q.v. [ ID=71027 ]

### Name of a Human Female (1 definition)
- of Uddalaka's wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Uddālaka's wife, Jaimini-bhārata, Āśvamedhika-parvan (subtitle) xxiv, 1 [ ID=70927 ]

### Name of a Mythological Cloud (1 definition)
- one of the seven clouds enveloping the earth at the deluge  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of one of the 7 clouds enveloping the earth at the deluge, Matsya-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=70912 ]

### Name of a River (1 definition)
- pertaining to a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a river, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70920 ]

### Name of a Sacred Text (1 definition)
- a short name of the Devi-mahatmya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a short N. of the Devī-māhātmya (Title) [ ID=70928 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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