As a deity name
Name 174 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 146 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
कौमारी · noun · feminine
किसी पुरुष की पहली स्त्री · सात मातृकाओं में से एक । कार्तिकेय की शक्ति · पार्वती का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
कौमारी · kaumārī · s.f.
One of the seven divine Mātr̤is or Mothers, or personified energies of the gods; the śakti or energy of Kārttikeya, the god of war — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 864
कौमारी · kaumārī · s.f.
corr. of kumārī, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 864
Cited formation "कौमारी" is कौमार + -ई: कौमार means "(f. -ī), Belonging or relating to a youth or a young girl", 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 "कौमारी" is कौमार + -ई: कौमार means "(f. -ī), Belonging or relating to a youth or a young girl", 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 "कौमारी" is कौमार + -ई: कौमार means "(f. -ī), Belonging or relating to a youth or a young girl", 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
one of the seven Mātṛs or personified energies of the gods, Śakti of Kumāra or Kārttikeya (the god of war)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kaumārī" is the feminine form of "kaumāra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
kaumārī f. one of the seven Mātṛs or personified energies of the gods, Śakti of Kumāra or Kārttikeya (the god of war), BrahmaP. DevībhP.
a kind of bulbous root (= vārāhī-kanda), L.
(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī
kaumāra mf(ī)n. (fr. kumāra, or ˚rī, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 13), juvenile, youthful, belonging to a youth or young girl, maiden, maidenly, (kaumāra loka, the youths and girls, AV. xii, 3, 47; kaumārī bhāryā [Pat. & Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 2, 13], ‘a virgin wife, one who has not had a husband previously’, R.; kaumāra pati [Kāś.; or ˚ra bhartṛ, Pat. on Pāṇ. iv, 2, 13], ‘a man who marries a virgin’, Kathās. cxxvii, 55; kaumāra vrata, a vow of abstinence, MBh.)
soft, tender, W.
Alternative readings
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