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): /ˈɖɑː.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 (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 / डाकिन्यै² ḍākinyāḥ / ḍākinyai²	डाकिनीभ्याम् ḍākinībhyām	डाकिनीभ्यः ḍākinībhyaḥ
Genitive	डाकिन्याः / डाकिन्यै² ḍākinyāḥ / ḍākinyai²	डाकिन्योः ḍākinyoḥ	डाकिनीनाम् ḍākinīnām
Locative	डाकिन्याम् ḍākinyām	डाकिन्योः ḍākinyoḥ	डाकिनीषु ḍākinīṣu
Notes	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.