शाकम्भरी śākambharī
girl 4 syllables SLP1 SAkamBarI

As a deity name

Name 282 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

Name 932 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages

Name 499 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees

As a Hindi name

शाकम्भरी · śākambharī · s.f.

Name of a city (supposed to be the modern Sāmbhar in Ajmer) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 718

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

‘herb-nourishing’, N. of a lake in Rājputāna (the modern Sāmbhar), Introd.

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · शाकम्भरी

śāka—m-bharī f. ‘herb-nourishing’, N. of a lake in Rājputāna (the modern Sāmbhar), Vās., Introd.; Col.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शाकम्भरी

a form of Durgā, MBh.; Pur.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शाकम्भरी

N. of a place or town sacred to D˚, MBh.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शाकम्भरी

observances there in honour of D˚ (accord. to some), MW.

Wilson (1832) · शाकम्भरी

śākambharī f. (-rī) 1 DURGĀ. 2 A city, supposed to be the modern Sāmbher. E. śāka a potherb, bhṛ to nourish, aff. khaś, fem. aff. ṅīṣ.

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