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yogini|jəʊgɪˈniː|
[a. Skr. yoginī (also used), fem. of yogī, f. yoga yoga.]
a. In India, a female demon or sorceress, esp. one of a group attendant on Durga or Siva.
b. A female yogi.
1883M. Williams Relig. Thought & Life in India vii. 188 Another class of manifestation is that of the Yoginīs. These are sometimes represented as eight fairies or sorceresses..sometimes as mere forms of that goddess [sc. Durgā], sixty or sixty-five in number. 1910Encycl. Brit. XIII. 512/1 The different classes of sorceresses and ogresses, called Yoginis, Dakinis and Sakinis. 1928A. K. Coomaraswamy Yakṣas i. 9 The Seven Mothers.., the Sixty-four Joginīs,..and some forms of Devī..must have been Yakṣinïs. 1969‘R. Farre’ Beckoning Land xvi. 196 She wore an unbleached off-white sari and her black hair hung loose denoting that she had freed herself from worldly ties and that she was a yogini (a female yogi). 1972B. N. Sharma Social & Cultural Hist. N. India iv. 76 There was a Yoginī Saiṁpradāya among the Sāktas and many persons received the highest knowledge from the female ascetics. 1979Telegraph (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 7/4 Meditation can cure many illnesses caused by mental and physical tension, according to a yogini (female yogi) visiting Brisbane. |