Yakshani, Yakṣaṇī: 1 definition
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Yakshani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Yakṣaṇī can be transliterated into English as Yaksani or Yakshani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryYakṣaṇī (यक्षणी).—= the regular Sanskrit yakṣiṇī, a female yakṣa: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 7.3 (perhaps corruption? repeated in Index).
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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Village Folk-tales of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), vol. 1-3 (by Henry Parker)
Story 24 - How A Prince Was Chased By A Yaksani, And What Befel < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]
Story 73 - Concerning A Monk And A Yaka < [Part II (e) - Stories of the Kinnaras]
Story 22 - The Kule-baka Flowers < [Part I - Stories told by the Cultivating Caste and Vaeddas]