As a deity name
Name 629 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 48 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
चामुण्डा · ćāmunḍā · s.f.
A form of Durgā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 419
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a form of Durgā (cf. carma-muṇḍā), (fr. caṇḍa and muṇḍa)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "cāmuṇḍā" is the feminine form of "cāmuṇḍa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
cāmuṇḍā f. a form of Durgā (cf. carma-muṇḍā), Mālatīm.; Kathās.; Rājat.; MārkP. lxxxvii, 25 (fr. caṇḍa and muṇḍa)
one of the 7 mothers, L., Sch.
one of the 8 Nāyikās of Durgā, BrahmaP. ii, 61, 80
cāmuṇḍā f. of ˚ḍa, q.v.
cāmuṇḍā f. (-ṇḍā) 1 A name of DURGĀ. 2 One of the Mātṛkās. E. ca the moon, and muṇḍa the head; having a head like the moon; or cā for caṇḍa the name of a demon, and muṇḍa the skull; having seized the decapitated head of the demon: in either case the deriv. is irregular: see carmmamuṇḍā, &c.
cāmuṇḍa m. N. of an author, L., Sch.
Alternative readings
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