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yakshinis

yakshinis is the plural of yakshini.

Meaning of yakshini

Noun

yakshini (plural yakshinis)

  1. (Hinduism) A female yaksha.
    • There is also the Yakshini; who lies in wait for men and arouses their passions, with the ultimate object of delivering them over to demons or of feeding upon them as a vampire.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 202

Questions about yakshinis

What is yakshinis the plural of?
Yakshinis is the plural of yakshini.

Words near yakshinis in the dictionary

  1. yaks on
  2. yaksha
  3. yakshas
  4. yakshi
  5. yakshini
  6. yakshinis
  7. yakshis
  8. yakskin
  9. yakskins
  10. Yakthung
  11. Yakthungs

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