As a Hindi name
केशिनी · keśinī · s.f.
A woman (or girl) with much and beautiful hair — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 889
Cited formation "केशिनी" is केशि + -नी: केशि means "एक राक्षस जिसे कृष्ण ने मारा था", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "केशिनी" is केशिन + -ई: केशिन means "= keśī, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "केशिनी" is केशिन + -ई: केशिन means "= keśī, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
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M1 · same meaning "keśinī" is the vocative dual of "keśi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "keśinī" is the feminine form of "keśin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
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Dictionary citations
keśinī (inī), f. N. of Durgā
(gaṇa kurv-ādi) N. of an Apsaras, MBh. i, 2558; iii, 14562
of a Rākṣasī, Buddh.
of the daughter of the king of Vidarbha (wife of Sagara and mother of A-samañjas), Hariv. 797 ff.; R.
of the wife of Ājamīḍha (Suhotra) and mother of Jahnu, MBh. i, 3722; Hariv. 1416 and 1756
1. keśi m. (= ˚śin), N. of an Asura, Hariv.
2. keśi (in comp. for keśin).
keśin mfn. (Pāṇ. v, 2, 109) having fine or long hair (said of Rudra [cf. kapardin], of his female attendants, of female demons, and of men), AV. xi, 2, 18 (cf. RV. x, 136, 1 ff.), and 31; xii, 5, 48; xiv, 2, 59
having a mane (as Indra's and Agni's horses), RV.
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