As a deity name
Name 513 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
निशाचरी · noun · feminine
राक्षसी · कुलटा · केशिनी नामक गंधद्रव्य — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "निशाचरी" is निशाचर + -ई: निशाचर means "nocturnal", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "निशाचरी" is निशाचर + -ई: निशाचर means "nocturnal", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "निशाचरी" is निशाचर + -ई: निशाचर means "nocturnal", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female fiend, &c.
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Dictionary citations
niśā—carī f. a female fiend, MBh.; R. &c.
a woman going to meet her lover at night, Ragh. xi, 20 (where also = female fiend)
a bat, L.
N. of a plant (= keśinī), L.
Alternative readings
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