यक्षी (yakSI)
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Hindiयक्षी
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यक्ष जाति की स्त्री
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Kannadaयक्षी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕುಬೇರನ ಪತ್ನಿ
निष्पत्तिः - > "ङीष्" (४-१-४८)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > यक्षस्य स्त्री
यक्षी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಕ್ಷನ ಪತ್ನಿ
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Wordnet
Sanskrit यक्षिणी, यक्षी, कुबेरपत्नी
यक्षाणां राज्ञः कुबेरस्य पत्नी।
"कुबेरस्य वामतः यक्षिणी उपाविशत्।"
यक्षिणी, यक्षी
यक्षस्य भार्या।
"यक्षी वा राक्षसी वापि उताहोस्वित् सुराङ्गना। सर्वथा कुरु नः स्वस्ति रक्षस्व अस्माननिन्दिते॥ [महाभारत ३।६४।११७]"
Mahabharata
EnglishYakshī (“female Yaksha”). § 162 (Śāntanūp.): I, 97, 3895 (Gaṅgā was questioned if she was a Y., etc.).--§ 347 (Nalopākhyānap.): III, 64, 2519 (Damayantī was questioned if she was a Y., etc.)
65, 2558 (Damayantī supposed to be a Y.).--§ 522 (Draupadīharanap.): III, 265, †15589 Draupadī was questioned if she{??} was a Y.).--§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 9, 257 (do.).
पुराणम्
Englishयक्षी / YAKṢĪ (yakṣiṇī). Women folk of Yakṣas. agni purāṇa, Chapter 50 mentions that the images of yakṣī to be installed in temples should have fixed and long eyes. mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 54, Verse 105, states that yakṣiṇī is a devī and by eating the prasāda (naivedya) of the devī one would be absolved of the sin of brahmahatyā (killing a brāhmaṇa).
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