Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 506 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
राक्षसी · rākshasī · s.f.
A female rākshas or demon — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 582
Cited formation "राक्षसी" is राक्षस + -ई: राक्षस means "a demon, a malignant deity at war with the gods in Hindu mythology; a rakshasa", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "राक्षसी" is राक्षस + -ई: राक्षस means "a demon, a malignant deity at war with the gods in Hindu mythology; a rakshasa", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "राक्षसी" is राक्षस + -ई: राक्षस means "a demon, a malignant deity at war with the gods in Hindu mythology; a rakshasa", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Rākṣasī or female demon
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rākṣasī" is the feminine form of "rākṣasa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
rākṣasī (ī), f. a Rākṣasī or female demon, MBh.; Kāv.; Kathās.
the island of the Rākṣasas, i.e. Laṅkā or Ceylon, Buddh.
N. of a malignant spirit supposed to haunt the four corners of a house, VarBṛS.
of a Yoginī, Hcat.
night, L.
rākṣasa mf(ī)n. (fr. rakṣas) belonging to or like a Rakṣas, demoniacal, infested by demons, AitBr. &c. &c. (with vivāha, or dharma or vidhi m. ‘one of the 8 forms of marriage’, the violent seizure or rape of a girl after the defeat or destruction of her relatives, see Mn. iii, 33)
rākṣasa m. a Rakṣas or demon in general, an evil or malignant demon (the Rākṣasas are sometimes regarded as produced from Brahmā's foot, sometimes with Rāvaṇa as descendants of Pulastya, elsewhere they are styled children of Khasā or Su-rasa; according to some they are distinguishable into 3 classes, one being of a semi-divine benevolent nature and ranking with Yakṣas &c.; another corresponding to Titans or relentless enemies of the gods; and a third answering more to nocturnal demons, imps, fiends, goblins, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings; this last class is the one most commonly mentioned; their chief place of abode was Laṅkā in Ceylon; in R. v, 10, 17 &c. they are fully described; cf. also, IW. 310; RTL. 237), Kauś.; Up. &c.
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