Yakshini
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female yaksha. Hinduism
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).
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