yakshini

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).

Noun[edit]

yakshini (plural yakshinis)

  1. (Hinduism) A female yaksha.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 202:
      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.
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