# कामाख्या (kāmākhyā)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `kAmAKyA`  **IAST:** kāmākhyā  **Devanagari:** कामाख्या
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kamakhya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कामाख्य (kāmākhya)

## Meanings by context

### The Sacred Place Kāmākhyā (2 definitions)
- the name of a holy place  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 272,3] कामा (kāmā) ख्य (khya) n. N. of a Tīrtha, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=48222 ]
- a district in Assam sacred to Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कामाख्या (kāmākhyā) [Printed book page 1183-b ] Kāmākhyā; add — a district in Assam sacred to Durgā. [ ID=54927 ]

### A Tantric Text (1 definition)
- name of a Tantra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Tantra [ ID=48224 ]

### The Goddess Kāmākhyā (1 definition)
- a form of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 272,3] कामा (kāmā) ख्या (khyā) f. a form of Durgā, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=48223 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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