As a deity name
Name 703 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
The name of an ancient city on the Ganges in the lower part of the Doab, in the vicinity of Kurrah; also vatsapattana. E. kuśāmba a proper name, (the founder,) aṇ and ṅīp affs.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kauśāmbī" is the nominative dual of "kauśāmbi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kauśāmbī f. (g. nady-ādi), N. of an ancient city (now represented by the village of Kosam, on the Jumnā, near Allahābād; also called vatsa-pattana), R. i, 34, 6; Divyāv. xxxvi f.; Pāṇ. iv, 2, 68, Kāś.; Kathās. iv, 18; ix, 5
kauśāmbī f. (-mbī) The name of an ancient city on the Ganges in the lower part of the Doab, in the vicinity of Kurrah; also vatsapattana. E. kuśāmba a proper name, (the founder,) aṇ and ṅīp affs.
kauśāmbi f. = ˚bī, VarBṛS. xvi, 3.
Alternative readings
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