डाकिनी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডাকিনী (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬵᬓᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• ডাকিনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰯𑰎𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀸𑀓𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဍာကိနီ (Burmese script)
• ડાકિની (Gujarati script)
• ਡਾਕਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑌾𑌕𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦴꦏꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂰𑂍𑂱𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಡಾಕಿನೀ (Kannada script)
• ឌាកិនី (Khmer script)
• ຑາກິນີ (Lao script)
• ഡാകിനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘰𑘎𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᢗᢉᠢᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧑𑦮𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐵𑐎𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଡାକିନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢵꢒꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆳𑆑𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖯𑖎𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඩාකිනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩛𑩜𑩑𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚭𑚊𑚮𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• ட³ாகிநீ (Tamil script)
• డాకినీ (Telugu script)
• ฑากินี (Thai script)
• ཌཱ་ཀི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒰𑒏𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨊𑨋𑨁𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

डाकिनी • (ḍākinī) stem, f

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

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of डाकिनी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	डाकिनी (ḍākinī)	डाकिन्यौ (ḍākinyau) डाकिनी¹ (ḍākinī¹)	डाकिन्यः (ḍākinyaḥ) डाकिनीः¹ (ḍākinīḥ¹)
vocative	डाकिनि (ḍākini)	डाकिन्यौ (ḍākinyau) डाकिनी¹ (ḍākinī¹)	डाकिन्यः (ḍākinyaḥ) डाकिनीः¹ (ḍākinīḥ¹)
accusative	डाकिनीम् (ḍākinīm)	डाकिन्यौ (ḍākinyau) डाकिनी¹ (ḍākinī¹)	डाकिनीः (ḍākinīḥ)
instrumental	डाकिन्या (ḍākinyā)	डाकिनीभ्याम् (ḍākinībhyām)	डाकिनीभिः (ḍākinībhiḥ)
dative	डाकिन्यै (ḍākinyai)	डाकिनीभ्याम् (ḍākinībhyām)	डाकिनीभ्यः (ḍākinībhyaḥ)
ablative	डाकिन्याः (ḍākinyāḥ) डाकिन्यै² (ḍākinyai²)	डाकिनीभ्याम् (ḍākinībhyām)	डाकिनीभ्यः (ḍākinībhyaḥ)
genitive	डाकिन्याः (ḍākinyāḥ) डाकिन्यै² (ḍākinyai²)	डाकिन्योः (ḍākinyoḥ)	डाकिनीनाम् (ḍākinīnām)
locative	डाकिन्याम् (ḍākinyām)	डाकिन्योः (ḍākinyoḥ)	डाकिनीषु (ḍākinīṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: डा॑गिन् (ḍögin, “witch”)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: ডাইনি (daini)
  • 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, page 454.