As a deity name
Name 910 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 371 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शाम्बरी · śāmbarī · s.f.
Jugglery, sorcery; illusion (as practised by the Daitya Śāmbar); a sorceress — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 718
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
jugglery, sorcery, illusion (as practised by the Daitya Ś˚)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śāmbarī" is the feminine form of "śāmbara" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
śāmbarī (ī), f. jugglery, sorcery, illusion (as practised by the Daitya Ś˚), Naiṣ.
a sorceress, W.
śāmbarī f. (-rī) A female juggler. E. śambara a demon, aṇ added, and ṅīṣ fem. aff.
śāmbara mf(ī)n. relating or belonging or peculiar to Śambara, RV.; Hariv. &c.
coming from the deer called Ś˚, Bhpr.
Alternative readings
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