यक्षिणी
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
यक्षिणी • (yakṣíṇī) stem, f
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) a female yaksha; a supernatural being, spiritual apparition, spirit, ghost
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यक्षिणी (yakṣíṇī) | यक्षिण्यौ (yakṣíṇyau) यक्षिणी¹ (yakṣíṇī¹) |
यक्षिण्यः (yakṣíṇyaḥ) यक्षिणीः¹ (yakṣíṇīḥ¹) |
| accusative | यक्षिणीम् (yakṣíṇīm) | यक्षिण्यौ (yakṣíṇyau) यक्षिणी¹ (yakṣíṇī¹) |
यक्षिणीः (yakṣíṇīḥ) |
| instrumental | यक्षिण्या (yakṣíṇyā) | यक्षिणीभ्याम् (yakṣíṇībhyām) | यक्षिणीभिः (yakṣíṇībhiḥ) |
| dative | यक्षिण्यै (yakṣíṇyai) | यक्षिणीभ्याम् (yakṣíṇībhyām) | यक्षिणीभ्यः (yakṣíṇībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यक्षिण्याः (yakṣíṇyāḥ) यक्षिण्यै² (yakṣíṇyai²) |
यक्षिणीभ्याम् (yakṣíṇībhyām) | यक्षिणीभ्यः (yakṣíṇībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यक्षिण्याः (yakṣíṇyāḥ) यक्षिण्यै² (yakṣíṇyai²) |
यक्षिण्योः (yakṣíṇyoḥ) | यक्षिणीनाम् (yakṣíṇīnām) |
| locative | यक्षिण्याम् (yakṣíṇyām) | यक्षिण्योः (yakṣíṇyoḥ) | यक्षिणीषु (yakṣíṇīṣu) |
| vocative | यक्षिणि (yákṣiṇi) | यक्षिण्यौ (yákṣiṇyau) यक्षिणी¹ (yákṣiṇī¹) |
यक्षिण्यः (yákṣiṇyaḥ) यक्षिणीः¹ (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”)