As a deity name
Name 569 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 930 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
योगिनी · noun · feminine
रणपिशाचिनी · एक लोक का नाम · आषाढ़ कृष्णा एकादशी — Śabdasāgara
योगिनी · yoginī · s.f.
See the pop. form joginī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1253
योगिनी · feminine
yogini, female yogi; female magician
Cited formation "योगिनी" is योगिन + -ई: योगिन means "= jogin, and yoginī or joginī, qq.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 "योगिनी" is योगिन + -ई: योगिन means "= jogin, and yoginī or joginī, qq.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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi योगिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit योगिनी (yoginī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yoginī f. See next.
yoginī f. a female demon or any being endowed with magical power, a fairy, witch, sorceress (represented as eight in number and as created by Durgā and attendant on her or on Śiva; sometimes 60, 64 or 65 are enumerated), Hariv.; Kathās. &c. (cf. RTL. 188, 189)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female demon or any being endowed with magical power, a fairy, witch, sorceress (represented as eight in number and as created by Durgā and attendant on her or on Śiva; sometimes…
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M1 · same meaning "yoginī" is the feminine form of "yogin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Dictionary citations
yoginī f. See next.
yoginī f. a female demon or any being endowed with magical power, a fairy, witch, sorceress (represented as eight in number and as created by Durgā and attendant on her or on Śiva; sometimes 60, 64 or 65 are enumerated), Hariv.; Kathās. &c. (cf. RTL. 188, 189)
N. of Durgā, L.
(with Tāntrikas) a partic. Śakti
(with Buddhists) a woman representing any goddess who is the object of adoration.
yogin mfn. joined or connected with, relating to, accompanied by, possessed of (comp.), KātyŚr.; MBh.; Hariv.
being in conjunction with (e.g. candra-y˚), MārkP.
Alternative readings
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