# शाकम्भरी (śākambharī)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `SAkamBarI`  **IAST:** śākambharī  **Devanagari:** शाकम्भरी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakambhari
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shakambhari/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शाकंभरी (śākaṃbharī)

## Meanings by context

### The Goddess Durgā (5 definitions)
- a form of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a form of Durgā, Mahābhārata (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=214702 ]
- 1. Durga. 2. A city, believed to be Sambher.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शाक (śāka) म्भरी (śākambharī) [Printed book page 836 ] शाक (śāka) म्भरी (śākambharī) f. ( - री (-rī) ) 1 DURGĀ. 2 A city, supposed to be the modern Sāmbher. E. शाक (śāka) a potherb, भृ (bhṛ) to nourish, aff. खश् (khaś), fem. aff. ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=37993 ]
- 1. Durga. 2. The city of Sambher in Ajmere.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शाकम्भरी (śākambharī) [Printed book page 754-b ] शाक - म्भरी (śāka-mbharī) ( री ) ((rī)) 3. f. Durgā; the city Sāmbher in Ajmere. [ ID=37631 ]
- 1. Durga. 2. A city, supposed to be modern Sambher.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शाकम्भरी (śākambharī) [Printed book page 712-a ] शाकम्भरी (śākambharī) f. ( - री (-rī) ) 1. DURGĀ. 2. A city, supposed to be the modern Sāmbher. E. शक (śaka) a potherb, भृ (bhṛ) to nourish, aff. खच्, (khac,) fem. aff. ङीष् । (ṅīṣ.) [ ID=39812 ]
- An epithet of Durga  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Śākambharī 2 = Durgā (Umā): III, 7091 ( devyāḥ ), 7094 (origin of the name); VI, 801. [ ID=2261 ]

### 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)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1061,3] शाक (śāka) — म् - भरी (—m-bharī) f. ‘herb-nourishing’, N. of a lake in Rājputāna (the modern Sāmbhar), Vāsavadattā (Title), Introd.; Colebrooke (Author) [ ID=214701 ]
- name of a place or town sacred to Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a place or town sacred to D°, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=214703 ]
- a sacred place named after Durga  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > शाकम्भरी (śākambharī) [Printed book page 183-1 ] Śākambharī 1, a tīrtha, named after Ś. = Durgā. § 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 7094. [ ID=2260 ]

### Religious Observances (1 definition)
- observances in honor of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > observances there in honour of D° ( accord. to some), Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ ID=214704 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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