शाकम्भरीśākambharī

शाकम्भरी (śākambharī) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of a lake in Rajputana, the modern Sambhar, a form of Durga, name of a place or town sacred to Durga, observances in honor of Durga, a city, believed to be Sambher, the city of Sambher in Ajmere. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Goddess Durgā, A Geographical Location (sacred place, city, lake), Religious Observances.

Definitions: 9

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Meanings by context

The Goddess Durgā

5 definitions

a form of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Durga. 2. A city, believed to be Sambher.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Durga. 2. The city of Sambher in Ajmere.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Durga. 2. A city, supposed to be modern Sambher.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An epithet of Durga

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A Geographical Location (sacred place, city, lake)

3 definitions

an epithet of a lake in Rajputana, the modern Sambhar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a place or town sacred to Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a sacred place named after Durga

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Religious Observances

1 definition

observances in honor of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: 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.