As a deity name
Name 183 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
चण्डी · ćanḍī · s.f.
= ćanḍā, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 445
Cited formation "चण्डी" is चण्ड + -ई: चण्ड means "(f. -ā), Fierce, violent, impetuous, hot, passionate, wrathful, furious", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चण्डी" is चण्ड + -ई: चण्ड means "(f. -ā), Fierce, violent, impetuous, hot, passionate, wrathful, furious", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चण्डी" is चण्ड + -ई: चण्ड means "(f. -ā), Fierce, violent, impetuous, hot, passionate, wrathful, furious", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a passionate woman, vixen
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "caṇḍī" is the nominative dual of "caṇḍi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "caṇḍī" is the feminine form of "caṇḍa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
caṇḍī f. (g. bahv-ādi) a passionate woman, vixen, W.
a term of endearment applied to a mistress, W.
N. of Durgā, MBh. vi, 797; Hariv. 10233; Kathās. xi
of a female attendant of Durgā
of Uddālaka's wife, JaimBhār. xxiv, 1
caṇḍi f. = ˚ḍī
N. of Durgā, L., Sch.
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.
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