# शांभवी (śāṃbhavī)

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

शांभवी (śāṃbhavī) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Parvati, belonging to Shiva, an epithet of Durga. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Epithet of Goddess Pārvatī/Durgā, Adjective: Belonging/Related to Śiva, Spiritual/Anatomical opening in the head.

- **SLP1:** `SAMBavI`  **IAST:** śāṃbhavī  **Devanagari:** शांभवी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambhavi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shambhavi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शाम्भवी (śāmbhavī)

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Goddess Pārvatī/Durgā (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Parvati  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शांभवी (śāṃbhavī) [Printed book page 1040-c ] 1 N. of Pārvatī. [ ID=27835 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 715-11 ] शांभवी (śāṃbhavī) f. An epithet of Durgā. [ ID=37502 ]

### Adjective: Belonging/Related to Śiva (1 definition)
- Belonging to Shiva  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शांभव (śāṃbhava) ी (śāṃbhavī) [Printed book page 715-10 ] शांभव (śāṃbhava) (I) a. (f. वी (vī) ) Belonging to Śiva, स दहतु दुरितं शांभव (śāṃbhava) ो वः शराग्निः (sa dahatu duritaṃ śāṃbhavo vaḥ śarāgniḥ) Am.S. 2. [ ID=37499.1 ]

### Spiritual/Anatomical opening in the head (1 definition)
- The opening in the crown of the head through which the soul escapes  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शांभवी (śāṃbhavī) [Printed book page 1040-c ] 3 The opening in the crown of the head through which the soul is said to escape. [ ID=27835 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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