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Entry मोहिनी

मोहिनीmohinī1 N. of an Apsaras.
1. 1 Name of an Apsaras.
2. A fascinating woman (the form assumed by Viṣṇu at the time of cheating the demons of nectar.)
3. The flower of a kind of jasmine.
In the Gita9·12

राक्षसीमासुरीं चैव प्रकृतिं मोहिनीं श्रिताः ॥

rākṣasīmāsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ. — All their hope, action, knowledge are vain things (when judged by the Divine eternal standard); they dwell in the Rakshasic and Asuric nature which… 9·12
- मोहिनीम्mohinīmaccusative singular of the feminine form of the adjective mohinī (deluding).
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