शाकम्भरी

{ śākambharī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚĀKAMBHARĪ   A sacred place dear to Devī. He, who fasts for three nights here, will derive the same benefits as of eating lettuce (śāka) for twelve years. [Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 13] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शाक—म्-भरी  f.  f. ‘herb-nourishing’, N. of a lake in Rājputāna (the modern Sāmbhar), [Vās.,] Introd.; [Col.]

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शाक म् भरी

a form of दुर्गा, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
N. of a place or town sacred to D°, [MBh.]
observances there in honour of D° ( accord. to some), [MW.]

Shabda-Sagara

शाकम्भरी  f.  ( -री)
1. DURGĀ.
2. A city, supposed to be the modern Sāmbher.
E. शक a potherb, भृ to nourish, aff. खच्, fem. aff. ङीष् .

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शक भृ खच् ङीष् .