As a deity name
Name 620 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
कपालिनी · noun · feminine
दुर्गा । शिवा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कपालिनी" is कपालि + -नी: कपालि means "शिव", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a form of Durgā (as the wife of Śiva-kapālin)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kapālinī" is the vocative dual of "kapāli" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kapālinī" is the feminine form of "kapālin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
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Dictionary citations
kapālinī f. a form of Durgā (as the wife of Śiva-kapālin), Hariv.; Kathās.
of a being attending on Devī.
kapāli m. N. of Śiva (cf. the next).
kapālin mfn. bearing a pot (to receive food, as a beggar), Nār.
furnished with or bearing skulls, Yājñ. iii, 243; BhP.; Kum.
Alternative readings
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