NAME COLLECTION
Names of Durga and Parvati
Names of Durga and Parvati from the Amarakośa and the Mahābhārata hymns to the goddess.
This collection follows names to their sources. It describes where a name comes from, not who uses it.
Names recorded in Indian use
Umā
Monier-Williams: N. of the daughter of Himavat, wife of Shiva (also Pārvatī, Durgā)
Amarakośa 1.1.88
Name page →Durgā
the inaccessible or terrific goddess; wife of Shiva
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Name page →Mīnākṣī
fish-eyed; goddess worshipped at Madurai (Monier-Williams:)
Name page →Śivānī
wife of Shiva (= Durgā, Pārvatī), Monier-Williams: L.
Bhavānī
wife of Bhava (Shiva); a goddess identified with Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.89
Name page →Mahādevī
the great goddess; Shiva's wife Pārvatī
Ambikā
a name of Pārvatī, wife of Shiva (Monier-Williams:); analysis: ambikā is a diminutive of 'mother'
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Name page →Girijā
born of the mountain; Pārvatī
Amarakośa 1.1.91
Name page →Maheśvarī
a name of Durgā (Tantras)
Name page →Annapūrṇā
a goddess, a form of Durgā (Monier-Williams:); analysis: anna 'food' + pūrṇā 'full'
Name page →Aparṇā
not having even leaves (to eat during her austerities); Durgā/Pārvatī
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Āryā
a name of Pārvatī (Monier-Williams:, Hariv.); analysis: ārya 'noble'
Amarakośa 1.1.91
Kālī
a form of Durgā (Monier-Williams:, citing MBh iv)
Amarakośa 1.1.88
Name page →Tārā
Monier-Williams: star; also a goddess (Buddhist/Hindu)
Name page →Pārvatī
daughter of the mountain (Himavat); wife of Shiva
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Name page →Ambā
a name of Durgā (Monier-Williams:); analysis: 'mother'
Name page →Gaurī
brilliant/fair goddess; Shiva's wife Pārvatī
Amarakośa 1.1.88
Name page →Haimavatī
a name of Pārvatī or Umā (Monier-Williams:); analysis: 'daughter of Himavat'
Amarakośa 1.1.88
Kāmākṣī
a form of Durgā (Monier-Williams:)
Dākṣāyaṇī
daughter of Dakṣa; Monier-Williams: of any daughter of Dakṣa
Amarakośa 1.1.91
Śāmbhavī
a name of Durgā (Tantras)
Viśālākṣī
a form of Durgā (Monier-Williams:)
Other names in the sources
These words are named in the sources as names of the deity. Their listing here does not say that they are used as given names.
Bhairavī
a form of Durgā
Kātyāyanī
Monier-Williams: of Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.88
Rudrāṇī
Rudra's wife, the goddess Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.89
Śarvāṇī
Shiva's wife
Amarakośa 1.1.89
Sarvamaṅgalā
all-auspicious; a name of Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.89
Mṛḍānī
wife of Mṛḍa (Shiva); Pārvatī
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Caṇḍikā
a name of Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.90
Cāmuṇḍā
a form of Durgā
Amarakośa 1.1.92
Menakātmajā
daughter of Menakā; Pārvatī
Amarakośa 1.1.91
Bhadrakālī
a goddess, later a form of Durgā
Śivā
auspicious (feminine); Shiva's wife
Amarakośa 1.1.89
Satī
Monier-Williams: of the goddess Durgā or Umā (also 'faithful wife')
Sources
- Amarasiṃha, Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa), kāṇḍa 1; GRETIL e-text (Avinash Sathaye, Pramod S. V. Ganesan) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa translated into English prose (1883-96), Project Gutenberg #15474-15477 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries (local copy sources/cologne/mw.txt) ↗ (opens in a new tab)