ḍākinī डाकिनी – a kind of female imp or evil being attending Kālī and feeding on human flesh
substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
ḍākinī ·f. female imp. witch.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
ḍākinī ḍākinī, f. a kind of female imp or evil being attending Kālī and feeding on human flesh; N. of a place; [cf. śākinī.]
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine
ḍākínī P. 4,2,51, Vārtt., Sch. (angeblich von ḍāka) f. 1〉 eine Art weiblicher Unholde im Gefolge der Kālī, die sich von Menschenfleisch nähren, BRAHMAVAIV. P._im_ŚKDR. KATHĀS. 18,147. KATHĀS. 20,104. KATHĀS. 20,114. KATHĀS. 20,137. KATHĀS. 20,142. MĀRK. P. 8,108. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1242. ḍākinītva DAŚAK. 164,17. Vgl. śākinī. — 2〉 N. pr. einer Localität Verz. d. Oxf. H. 64,a,7.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ḍākinī 1〉 KATHĀS. 75,180. KATHĀS. 99,29. BHĀG. P. 10,6,27. BHĀG. P. 10,63,10.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
ḍākinī f. — 1〉 eine Art weiblicher Unholde im Gefolge der Kālī, die sich von Menschenfleisch nähren. Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. — 2〉 N. pr. einer Oertlichkeit.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
ḍākinī A kind of female imp, a female goblin.
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
ḍākinī f. Hexe, Menschenfresserin.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
ḍākinī ḍākinī f. esp. de démon femelle.
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