Dakini, Ḍākini, Ḍākinī, Dākini: 28 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchḌākinī (डाकिनी):—[Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 51], Vartt., [Scholiast] (angeblich von ḍāka) f.
1) eine Art weiblicher Unholde im Gefolge der Kālī, die sich von Menschenfleisch nähren, [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher im Śabdakalpadruma] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 147. 20, 104. 114. 137. 142.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 8, 108.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1242.] ḍākinītva [Daśakumāracarita 164, 17.] Vgl. śākinī . —
2) Nomen proprium einer Localität [Oxforder Handschriften 64,a,7.]
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Ḍākinī (डाकिनी):—
1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 75, 180. 99, 29.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 6, 27. 63, 10.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungḌākinī (डाकिनी):—f. —
1) eine Art weiblicher Unholde im Gefolge der Kālī , die sich von Menschenfleisch nähren. Nom.abstr. tva n. —
2) Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Dakinidosha, Dakinigiri, Dakinijala, Dakinikalpa, Dakinitamtra, Dakinitva, Takini.
Ends with (+2): Anandamandakini, Apavitradakini, Buddhadakini, Chandomandakini, Chhandomandakini, Itakini, Jnanadakini, Mahadakini, Mamdakini, Mandakini, Nandakini, Padmadakini, Pancadakini, Pranavadakini, Putakini, Ratnadakini, Svargamandakini, Tadakini, Takini, Vadavamukhadakini.
Full-text (+1206): Cakravega, Mahabhairava, Dakinitva, Dagini, Raktapa, Vayuvega, Airavati, Shankhini, Khandaroha, Suvira, Hayakarna, Padmini, Candakshi, Dakinidosha, Kamsya, Cakravartini, Subhadra, Mahavirya, Drumacchaya, Mahavira.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2a - Niguma: Siddha khyung po rnal 'byor’s biography < [Book 9 - Kodrakpa and Niguma]
Chapter 1 - Shri System (ii): The Lineage of thug rje chen po < [Book 14 - Great Compassion Cycle]
Chapter 9 - Phagmodrupa (ii): Prior incarnations < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1 - How to practice < [E. Knowing what is to be abandoned and accepted, and how the siddhis are received]
Part 4 - The particular details < [E. Knowing what is to be abandoned and accepted, and how the siddhis are received]
Part 4c - The accompanying samaya and action/practice < [B. The explanation of meditation practice, together with its action of ripening and freeing]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 21 - Number of phallic images of Śiva used in worship < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 33 - The March of Vīrabhadra < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 1 - The greatness of Jyotirliṅgas and their Upaliṅgas < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 217-218 - Four Ḍākinī Group
Figure 159-160 - Emanations of Vairocana: Vajravārāhī
Figure 152-155 - Emanations of Vairocana: Aṣṭabhuja and Daśabhujasita Mārīcī
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.1.32 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
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