# शैलपुत्री (śailaputrī)

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शैलपुत्री (śailaputrī) is a Sanskrit word meaning mountain daughter, the Ganges, an epithet of Parvati, uma. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Epithet of Pārvatī, Name of the Ganges River.

- **SLP1:** `SElaputrI`  **IAST:** śailaputrī  **Devanagari:** शैलपुत्री
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailaputri
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shailaputri/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Pārvatī (4 definitions)
- mountain daughter  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1090,1] शैल (śaila) — पुत्री (—putrī) f. = - कन्या (-kanyā), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=221096 ]
- an epithet of Parvati  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शैलपुत्री (śailaputrī) [Printed book page 727-34 ] शैल - पुत्री (śaila-putrī) f. an epithet of Pārvatī, विवृण्वती शैलसुतापि (vivṛṇvatī śailasutāpi) K.S. iii.68. [ ID=38288.2 ]
- an epithet of Parvati  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शैल (śaila) पुत्री (śailaputrī) [Printed book page 556 ] शैल (śaila) ° पुत्री (°putrī) f. the same. [ ID=33079 ]
- Uma  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > शैलपुत्री (śailaputrī) [Printed book page 182-1 ] Śailaputrī = Umā, q.v. [ ID=2236 ]

### Name of the Ganges River (1 definition)
- the Ganges  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the Ganges, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=221097 ]

## Sources

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

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