As a deity name
Name 445 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 732 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 37 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
भद्रकाली · noun · feminine
दुर्गा देवी की एक मुर्ति जो १६ हाथोंवाली मानी जाती है · कात्यायिनी · कार्तिकेय की एक मातृका का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 One of the forms of the goddess DURGĀ. 2 A fragrant grass, (Cyperus pertenuis or rotundus.) E. bhadra ŚIVA, kla to approximate, aff. ghaña and ṅīp.
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Dictionary citations
bhadra—kālī f. N. of a goddess (later a form of Durgā), ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
of a village on the right bank of the Ganges, L.
of a plant (= gandholī), L.
bhadrakālī f. (-lī) 1 One of the forms of the goddess DURGĀ. 2 A fragrant grass, (Cyperus pertenuis or rotundus.) E. bhadra ŚIVA, kla to approximate, aff. ghaña and ṅīp.
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