"डाकिनी" meaning in Sanskrit

See डाकिनी in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɖɑː.ki.niː/ [Vedic], /ɖɑː.ki.n̪iː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f}} डाकिनी • (ḍākinī) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f}} Forms: ḍākinī [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], डाकिनी [nominative, singular], डाकिन्यौ [dual, nominative], डाकिनी1 [dual, nominative], डाकिन्यः [nominative, plural], डाकिनीः1 [nominative, plural], डाकिनि [singular, vocative], डाकिन्यौ [dual, vocative], डाकिनी1 [dual, vocative], डाकिन्यः [plural, vocative], डाकिनीः1 [plural, vocative], डाकिनीम् [accusative, singular], डाकिन्यौ [accusative, dual], डाकिनी1 [accusative, dual], डाकिनीः [accusative, plural], डाकिन्या [instrumental, singular], डाकिनीभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], डाकिनीभिः [instrumental, plural], डाकिन्यै [dative, singular], डाकिनीभ्याम् [dative, dual], डाकिनीभ्यः [dative, plural], डाकिन्याः [ablative, singular], डाकिन्यै2 [ablative, singular], डाकिनीभ्याम् [ablative, dual], डाकिनीभ्यः [ablative, plural], डाकिन्याः [genitive, singular], डाकिन्यै2 [genitive, singular], डाकिन्योः [dual, genitive], डाकिनीनाम् [genitive, plural], डाकिन्याम् [locative, singular], डाकिन्योः [dual, locative], डाकिनीषु [locative, plural]
  1. a female imp who feeds on human flesh Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभ्याम्",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभिः",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्यै",
      "roman": "ḍākinyai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभ्याम्",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभ्यः",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्याः",
      "roman": "ḍākinyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्यै2",
      "roman": "ḍākinyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभ्याम्",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीभ्यः",
      "roman": "ḍākinībhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्याः",
      "roman": "ḍākinyāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्यै2",
      "roman": "ḍākinyai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्योः",
      "roman": "ḍākinyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीनाम्",
      "roman": "ḍākinīnām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्याम्",
      "roman": "ḍākinyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिन्योः",
      "roman": "ḍākinyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "डाकिनीषु",
      "roman": "ḍākinīṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "डाकिनी • (ḍākinī) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Sanskrit ī-stem nouns",
        "sa:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female imp who feeds on human flesh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "imp",
          "imp"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "flesh",
          "flesh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɖɑː.ki.niː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɖɑː.ki.n̪iː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "डाकिनी"
}

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