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कामाख्याkāmākhyā

कामाख्या (kāmākhyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of a holy place, a form of Durga, name of a Tantra, a district in Assam sacred to Durga. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Sacred Place Kāmākhyā, A Tantric Text, The Goddess Kāmākhyā.

Definitions
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Meanings by context

The Sacred Place Kāmākhyā

2 definitions
the name of a holy place

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a district in Assam sacred to Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A Tantric Text

1 definition
name of a Tantra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Goddess Kāmākhyā

1 definition
a form of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.