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yakshis

yakshis is the plural of yakshi.

Meaning of yakshi

Noun

yakshi (plural yakshis)

  1. A female yaksha.
    • The artisans were lower-caste men who drew upon earlier rural traditions to carve fertility nymphs (yakshis) and male nature spirits (yakshas) around the stupas.2009, Sita Anantha Raman, Women in India: A Social and Cultural History

Questions about yakshis

What is yakshis the plural of?
Yakshis is the plural of yakshi.

Words near yakshis in the dictionary

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

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