डाकिनी

डाकिनी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬟᬵᬓᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• ডাকিনী (Assamese script)
• ডাকিনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰯𑰎𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀸𑀓𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌡𑌾𑌕𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ડાકિની (Gujarati script)
• ਡਾਕਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦝꦴꦏꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• ឌាកិនី (Khmer script)
• ಡಾಕಿನೀ (Kannada script)
• ຑາກິນີ (Lao script)
• ഡാകിനീ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘚𑘰𑘎𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᢗᢉᢈᠨᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• ဍာကိနီ (Burmese script)
• 𑦺𑧑𑦮𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐵𑐎𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଡାକିନୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢞꢵꢒꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆳𑆑𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖯𑖎𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඩාකිනී (Sinhalese script)
• డాకినీ (Telugu script)
• ฑากินี (Thai script)
• ཌཱ་ཀི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒰𑒏𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɑː.ki.niː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɑː.ki.n̪iː/

Noun

डाकिनी • (ḍākinī) f

1. a female imp who feeds on human flesh
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of डाकिनी (ḍākinī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	डाकिनी ḍākinī	डाकिन्यौ / डाकिनी¹ ḍākinyau / ḍākinī¹	डाकिन्यः / डाकिनीः¹ ḍākinyaḥ / ḍākinīḥ¹
Vocative	डाकिनि ḍākini	डाकिन्यौ / डाकिनी¹ ḍākinyau / ḍākinī¹	डाकिन्यः / डाकिनीः¹ ḍākinyaḥ / ḍākinīḥ¹
Accusative	डाकिनीम् ḍākinīm	डाकिन्यौ / डाकिनी¹ ḍākinyau / ḍākinī¹	डाकिनीः ḍākinīḥ
Instrumental	डाकिन्या ḍākinyā	डाकिनीभ्याम् ḍākinībhyām	डाकिनीभिः ḍākinībhiḥ
Dative	डाकिन्यै ḍākinyai	डाकिनीभ्याम् ḍākinībhyām	डाकिनीभ्यः ḍākinībhyaḥ
Ablative	डाकिन्याः ḍākinyāḥ	डाकिनीभ्याम् ḍākinībhyām	डाकिनीभ्यः ḍākinībhyaḥ
Genitive	डाकिन्याः ḍākinyāḥ	डाकिन्योः ḍākinyoḥ	डाकिनीनाम् ḍākinīnām
Locative	डाकिन्याम् ḍākinyām	डाकिन्योः ḍākinyoḥ	डाकिनीषु ḍākinīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: डा॑गिन् (ḍögin, “witch”)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: ডাইনি (ḍaini)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਡੈਣ (ḍaiṇ)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀟𑀸𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (ḍāgiṇī)
  • Hindi: डाइन (ḍāin), डायन (ḍāyan)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “डाकिनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 454.