As a deity name
Name 654 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
विकराला · noun · feminine
दूर्गा · एक वेश्या का नाम — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "विकराला" is वि- + कराला: कराला means "An epithet of Durgā", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "विकराला" is विकराल + -आ: विकराल means "terrible, frightful, horrible", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "विकराला" is विकराल + -आ: विकराल means "terrible, frightful, horrible", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: Durgā
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vikarālā" is the feminine form of "vikarāla" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
vi—karālā f. N. of Durgā, Kathās.
of a courtezan, Kuṭṭanīm.
vi—karāla mf(ā)n. very formidable or dreadful, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
vikarāla a. Very dreadful or formidable, frightful; U. 5. 26.
Alternative readings
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