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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शङ्खिनी

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शङ्खिनीśaṅkhinīf. of prec.
    1. feminine of preceding
    2. feminine mother of pearl Ba1lar.
    3. feminine a particular plant Sus3r. Car. S3a1rn3gS. (according to to Lexicographers Andropogon Aciculatus, Cissampelos Hexandra Equivalent to श्वेत-चुक्रा, श्वेत-पुंनाग, and श्वेत-वृन्दा)
    4. feminine a particular vein (नाडी) catalogue or catalogues
    5. feminine Name of one of the four classes into which females are divided (the other three being चित्रिणी, पद्मिनी, and हस्तिनी) RTL. 389
    6. feminine Name of a S3akti शक्ति worshipped by Buddhists Buddhists Ka1lac.
    7. feminine a kind of semidivine being or fairy (उपदेवता-विशेष) W.
    8. feminine Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ MBh.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Analysis (Beta) · शङ्खिनी

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