As a deity name
Name 972 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 94 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 310 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मोहिनी · feminine
Mohini, the only female avatar of Shri Vishnu; a female given name, Mohini, from Sanskrit
मोहिनी · feminine
enchantress, seductress
Śabdasāgara also records: स्त्री॰ [सं॰] मोहनेवाली
Cited formation "मोहिनी" is मोहि + -नी: मोहि means "obl., see s.v. mo", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मोहिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहिनी (mohinī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mohinī f. a fascinating woman, MW. (cf. RTL. 65 n. 1)
the flower of a species of jasmine, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a fascinating woman, (cf. )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mohinī" is the feminine form of "mohin" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
mohinī f. a fascinating woman, MW. (cf. RTL. 65 n. 1)
the flower of a species of jasmine, L.
N. of an Apsaras, Pañcar.
of a daughter of Rukmāṅgada, VP.
mohinī 1 N. of an Apsaras. 2 A fascinating woman (the form assumed by Viṣṇu at the time of cheating the demons of nectar.) 3 The flower of a kind of jasmine.
mohin mfn. deluding, confusing, perplexing, illusive, MBh.; R. &c.
mohin a. [muh-ṇini] 1 Stupefying. 2 Perplexing, bewildering, fallacious. 3 Fascinating, enrapturing, enchanting.
Alternative readings
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