यक्षिणी

यक्षिणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬬᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• যক্ষিণী (Assamese script)
• যক্ষিণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• યક્ષિણી (Gujarati script)
• ꦪꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• យក្ឞិណី (Khmer script)
• ಯಕ್ಷಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
• ຍກ຺ຩິຓີ (Lao script)
• 𑘧𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ယက္ၑိဏီ (Burmese script)
• 𑧇𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଯକ୍ଷିଣୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢫꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• యక్షిణీ (Telugu script)
• ยกฺษิณี (Thai script)
• ཡཀྵིཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐk.ʂí.ɳiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐkˈʂi.ɳiː/

Noun

यक्षिणी • (yakṣíṇī) f

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

Derived terms

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

Synonyms

• यक्षि (yakṣi)

Antonyms

• यक्ष (yakṣa, “a male yaksha”)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of यक्षिणी (yakṣíṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यक्षिणी yakṣíṇī	यक्षिण्यौ / यक्षिणी¹ yakṣíṇyau / yakṣíṇī¹	यक्षिण्यः / यक्षिणीः¹ yakṣíṇyaḥ / yakṣíṇīḥ¹
Vocative	यक्षिणि yákṣiṇi	यक्षिण्यौ / यक्षिणी¹ yákṣiṇyau / yakṣíṇī¹	यक्षिण्यः / यक्षिणीः¹ yákṣiṇyaḥ / yákṣiṇīḥ¹
Accusative	यक्षिणीम् yakṣíṇīm	यक्षिण्यौ / यक्षिणी¹ yakṣíṇyau / yakṣíṇī¹	यक्षिणीः yakṣíṇīḥ
Instrumental	यक्षिण्या yakṣíṇyā	यक्षिणीभ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	यक्षिणीभिः yakṣíṇībhiḥ
Dative	यक्षिण्यै yakṣíṇyai	यक्षिणीभ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	यक्षिणीभ्यः yakṣíṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	यक्षिण्याः yakṣíṇyāḥ	यक्षिणीभ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	यक्षिणीभ्यः yakṣíṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	यक्षिण्याः yakṣíṇyāḥ	यक्षिण्योः yakṣíṇyoḥ	यक्षिणीनाम् yakṣíṇīnām
Locative	यक्षिण्याम् yakṣíṇyām	यक्षिण्योः yakṣíṇyoḥ	यक्षिणीषु yakṣíṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Bengali: যক্ষিণী (jôkkhini)
• 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)