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): /jɐkˈʂi.ɳiː/

Noun

यक्षिणी • (yakṣíṇī) stem, f

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

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 / yákṣiṇī¹	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 / यक्षिण्यै² yakṣíṇyāḥ / yakṣíṇyai²	यक्षिणीभ्याम् yakṣíṇībhyām	यक्षिणीभ्यः yakṣíṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	यक्षिण्याः / यक्षिण्यै² yakṣíṇyāḥ / yakṣíṇyai²	यक्षिण्योः yakṣíṇyoḥ	यक्षिणीनाम् yakṣíṇīnām
Locative	यक्षिण्याम् yakṣíṇyām	यक्षिण्योः yakṣíṇyoḥ	यक्षिणीषु yakṣíṇīṣu
Notes	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”)

Descendants

• Bengali: যক্ষিণী (jokkhini)
• 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)