bhavani

A Dictionary: English and Sanskrit

BHAVĀNĪ , s. (The wife of the god Śiva, and the goddess of destruction; called Bhavānī in her amiable form) भवानी, उमा, महादेवी, देवी. —
(The pure one) गौरी. —
(As terrible in form and irascible in temper) दुर्गा, काली, चण्डी, चण्डिका. — (As daughter of Himālā, the sovereign of the snowy mountains) पार्व्वती, हैमवती. — (As wife of Śiva) शिवा, ईश्वरी, रुद्राणी, सर्व्वाणी, मृडानी. —
(The all-auspicious) सर्व्वमङ्गला. —
(The mother) अम्बिका. —
(As the performer of austerities) कात्यायनी, अपर्णा.

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भवानीउमामहादेवीदेवीगौरीदुर्गाकालीचण्डीचण्डिकापार्व्वतीहैमवतीशिवाईश्वरीरुद्राणीसर्व्वाणीमृडानीसर्व्वमङ्गलाअम्बिकाकात्यायनीअपर्णा