यक्षिणी

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /jək.ʂɪ.ɳiː/, [jɐk.ʃɪ.ɳiː]

Noun

यक्षिणी • (yakṣiṇī) f (male equivalent यक्ष)

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) yakshini, a female yaksha; wife of a yaksha
Synonym: यक्षी (yakṣī)

Declension

Declension of *यक्षिणी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	यक्षिणी yakṣiṇī	यक्षिणियाँ yakṣiṇiyā̃
oblique	यक्षिणी yakṣiṇī	यक्षिणियों yakṣiṇiyõ
vocative	यक्षिणी yakṣiṇī	यक्षिणियो yakṣiṇiyo

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “यक्षिणी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4051
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “यक्षिणी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 625
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “यक्षिणी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 840

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

যক্ষিণী (Assamese script)
ᬬᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
যক্ষিণী (Bengali script)
𑰧𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ယက္ၑိဏီ (Burmese script)
યક્ષિણી (Gujarati script)
ਯਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦪꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂨𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಯಕ್ಷಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
យក្ឞិណី (Khmer script)
ຍກ຺ຩິຓີ (Lao script)
യക്ഷിണീ (Malayalam script)
ᠶᠠᡬᢢᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘧𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᢔᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧇𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
ଯକ୍ଷିଣୀ (Odia script)
ꢫꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆪𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖧𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
යක්‍ෂිණී (Sinhalese script)
𑩻𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚣𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
யக்ஷிணீ (Tamil script)
యక్షిణీ (Telugu script)
ยกฺษิณี (Thai script)
ཡ་ཀྵི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒨𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨪𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐk.ʂí.ɳiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐk.ʂi.ɳiː/

Noun

य॒क्षिणी॑ • (yakṣíṇī) stem, f

(Hinduism, Buddhism) a female yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of य॒क्षिणी॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	य॒क्षिणी॑ yakṣíṇī	य॒क्षिण्यौ॑, य॒क्षिणी॑¹ yakṣíṇyau, yakṣíṇī¹	य॒क्षिण्यः॑, य॒क्षिणीः॑¹ yakṣíṇyaḥ, yakṣíṇīḥ¹
accusative	य॒क्षिणी॑म् yakṣíṇīm	य॒क्षिण्यौ॑, य॒क्षिणी॑¹ yakṣíṇyau, yakṣíṇī¹	य॒क्षिणीः॑ yakṣíṇīḥ
instrumental	य॒क्षिण्या॑ yakṣíṇyā	य॒क्षिणी॑भ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	य॒क्षिणी॑भिः yakṣíṇībhiḥ
dative	य॒क्षिण्यै॑ yakṣíṇyai	य॒क्षिणी॑भ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	य॒क्षिणी॑भ्यः yakṣíṇībhyaḥ
ablative	य॒क्षिण्याः॑, य॒क्षिण्यै॑² yakṣíṇyāḥ, yakṣíṇyai²	य॒क्षिणी॑भ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	य॒क्षिणी॑भ्यः yakṣíṇībhyaḥ
genitive	य॒क्षिण्याः॑, य॒क्षिण्यै॑² yakṣíṇyāḥ, yakṣíṇyai²	य॒क्षिण्योः॑ yakṣíṇyoḥ	य॒क्षिणी॑नाम् yakṣíṇīnām
locative	य॒क्षिण्या॑म् yakṣíṇyām	य॒क्षिण्योः॑ yakṣíṇyoḥ	य॒क्षिणी॑षु yakṣíṇīṣu
vocative	यक्षि॑णि yákṣiṇi	यक्षि॑ण्यौ, यक्षि॑णी¹ yákṣiṇyau, yákṣiṇī¹	यक्षि॑ण्यः, यक्षि॑णीः¹ yákṣiṇyaḥ, yákṣiṇīḥ¹

¹Vedic.
²Brāhmaṇas.

Synonyms

यक्षि (yakṣi)

Antonyms

यक्ष (yakṣa, “a male yaksha”)

Derived terms

यक्षिणीकवच (yakṣiṇīkavaca, “weapon of a yakshini”)
यक्षिणीत्व (yakṣiṇītva, “being a yakshini”)
यक्षिणीपटल (yakṣiṇīpaṭala)
यक्षिणीपद्म (yakṣiṇīpadma)
यक्षिणीमन्त्र (yakṣiṇīmantra)
यक्षिणीसाधन (yakṣiṇīsādhana, “invoking the yakshini”)

Descendants

Bengali: যক্ষিণী (jokkhini)
English: yakshini
Hindi: यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī)
Malayalam: യക്ഷി (yakṣi)
Pali: yakkhiṇī, yakkhī
- Burmese: ယက္ခီ (yakhki)
Punjabi: ਯਾਕਸ਼ਿਨੀ (yākśinī)
Tamil: யட்சினி (yaṭciṉi)
Thai: ยักษิณี (yák-sì-nii)