yakshini

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noun

A female yaksha.

OriginSanskrit यक्षिणी →
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Meanings

nounyakshini (plural yakshinis)

plural yakshinis

  1. HinduismA female yaksha.

    There is also the Yakshini; who lies in wait for men and arouses their passions, with the ultimate object of delivering them over to demons or of feeding upon them as a vampire.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 202

Origin

  1. Sanskritयक्षिणी
  2. Englishyakshini

Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).

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Chicago

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