Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry शङ्खिनी

शङ्खिनीśaṅkhinī1 A woman of one of the four classes into which writers on erotic science divide women; the Ratimañjarī thus…
1. 1 A woman of one of the four classes into which writers on erotic science divide women; the Ratimañjarī thus describes her: दीर्घातिदीर्घनयना वर- सुन्दरी या कामोपभोगरसिका गुणशीलयुक्ता । रेखात्रयेण च विभूषित कण्ठदेशा सम्भोगकेलिरसिका किल शङ्खिनी सा ॥ Compare चित्रिणी, हस्तिनी, and पद्मिनी also.
2. A female spirit, or a kind of fairy.
3. Mother of pearl.
4. A particular vein.
Derived forms and compounds
- -फलः the Śirīṣa tree.
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