As a deity name
Name 623 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 829 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 465 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 908 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
यक्षिणी · noun · feminine
यक्ष को पत्नी · कुबेर को पत्नी · दुर्गा की एक अनुचरी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
यक्षिणी · yakshiṇī · s.f.
= yakshī, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1251
यक्षिणी
yakshini, a female yaksha; wife of a yaksha
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi यक्षिणी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yakṣiṇī f. of yakṣin
a female Yakṣa, MBh.; R. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sort of female demon or fiend (attached to the service of Durgā and frequently, like a sylph or fairy, maintaining intercourse with mortals)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yakṣiṇī" is the feminine form of "yakṣin" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
yakṣiṇī f. of yakṣin
a female Yakṣa, MBh.; R. &c.
Kubera's wife, L.
a sort of female demon or fiend (attached to the service of Durgā and frequently, like a sylph or fairy, maintaining intercourse with mortals), W.
yakṣiṇī f. See above.
yakṣin mfn. having life, living, really existing (accord. to Sāy. = pūjanīya), RV.
yakṣin a. Ved. 1 Living, existing. 2 Adorable, fit to be honoured.
Alternative readings
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