# कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī)

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

कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) is a Sanskrit word meaning decorated with earrings, circular, a snake, the spotted or painted deer, a peacock, the tree Bauhinia variegata. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Specific Animals, Specific Deities, Descriptive Qualities.

- **SLP1:** `kuRqalinI`  **IAST:** kuṇḍalinī  **Devanagari:** कुण्डलिनी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kundalini/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कुंडलिनी (kuṃḍalinī)

## Meanings by context

### Specific Animals (3 definitions)
- a snake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कुण्डलिन् (kuṇḍalin) m. a snake, Rājataraṃgiṇī (Title) i, 2 [ ID=51958 ]
- the spotted or painted deer  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the spotted or painted deer, L. [ ID=51959 ]
- a peacock  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a peacock, L. [ ID=51960 ]

### Specific Deities (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Śiva [ ID=51962 ]
- belonging to Varuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Varuṇa, L. [ ID=51963 ]
- a form of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Śakti or form of Durgā. [ ID=51966 ]

### Descriptive Qualities (2 definitions)
- decorated with earrings  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 290,1] कुण्डलिन् (kuṇḍalin) mfn. decorated with ear-rings, MBh.; R. &c. [ ID=51956 ]
- circular  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > circular, annulate, Harivaṃśa (Title) 4664 [ ID=51957 ]

### Specific Plants (2 definitions)
- the tree Bauhinia variegata  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the tree Bauhinia variegata, Bhpr. [ ID=51961 ]
- the plant Coccus cordifolius  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 290,1] कुण्डलिनी (kuṇḍalinī) f. the plant Coccus cordifolius, L. [ ID=51964 ]

### A Specific Food Dish (1 definition)
- a particular dish of curds boiled with ghee and rice  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a particular dish (curds boiled with ghee and rice), Bhpr. [ ID=51965 ]

## Sources

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

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