शंखिनी (zaMkhinI)
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Apte 1890
Englishशंखिनी 1 A woman of one of the four classes into which writers on erotic science divide women
the Ratimañjarī thus describes her:
दीर्घातिदीर्घनयना वरसुंदरी या कामोपभोगरसिका गुणशीलयुक्ता । रेखात्रयेण च विभूषितकंठदेशा सभोगकेलिर संका किल शंखिनी सा ॥ cf. चित्रिणी, हस्तिनी, and पद्मिनी also.
2 A female spirit, or a kind of fairy.
Comp.
फलः the Śirīṣa tree.
L R Vaidya
EnglishSaMKinI {% f. %} 1. A woman of one of the four classes into which they are divided by writers on erotical science
(शंखिनी is thus described- दीर्घा सुदीर्घनयना वरसुंदरी या कामोपभोगरसिका गुणशीलयुक्ता । रेखात्रयेण च विभूषितकंठदेशा संभोगकेलिरसिका किल शंखिनी सा)
See चित्रिणी, पद्मिनी, हस्तिनी
2. a particular female spirit.
पुराणम्
Englishशंखिनी १ / ŚAṄKHINĪ I. A sacred spot at kurukṣetra. A bath in the devītīrtha there will add to one's beauty. (Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 51).
शंखिनी २ / ŚAṄKHINĪ II. Wife of mahāśaṅkha, a crocodile. (For details see under mahāśaṅkha).
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