As a deity name
Name 473 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 688 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 599 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
चण्ड · ćaṇḍ · adj.
(f. -ā), Fierce, violent, impetuous, hot, passionate, wrathful, furious; hot, pungent, acrid — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 445
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī (probably fr. candra, ‘glowing’ with passion) fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "caṇḍa" is the vocative of "caṇḍā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
caṇḍa mf(ā, VarBṛS. lxviii, 92; ī, R. ii; Vikr.; Ragh. &c.)n. (probably fr. candra, ‘glowing’ with passion) fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry, MBh.; R. &c.
caṇḍa mf(ā)n. circumcised, L.
caṇḍa m. N. of a mythical being (caṇḍasya naptyas, ‘daughters of Caṇḍa’, a class of female demons, AV. ii, 14, 1), AgP. xlii, 20
Śiva or Bhairava, MBh. xii, 10358; Śaṃkar. xxiii (= sūrya), SkandaP.; MBh. iii, 14631
N. of a demon causing diseases, Hariv. 9563
caṇḍā f. (g. bahv-ādi), N. of Durgā (esp. as incarnation for the purpose of destroying the Asura Mahiṣa, this exploit forming the subject of the Devīm. and being particularly celebrated in Bengāl at the Durgāpūjā about Oct. Nov.), MBh. vi, 797; Hariv. 10245
N. of one of the 8 Nāyikās or Saktis of Durgā, BrahmaP.; DevīP.
Alternative readings
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