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मोहिनीmohinī

मोहिनी (mohinī) is a Sanskrit word meaning deluding, confusing, or illusive, a fascinating woman, the flower of a species of jasmine, an Apsaras, a daughter of Rukmangada, the flower of a kind of jasmine. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them A Fascinating or Enchanting Woman, A Type of Jasmine Flower, An Apsaras (Celestial Nymph).

Etymology
E. मोह folly, इनि aff., and fem. aff. ङीष् ।
Definitions
12
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Meanings by context

A Fascinating or Enchanting Woman

4 definitions
a fascinating woman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A fascinating woman, or the form assumed by Vishnu when depriving the demons of nectar.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Vishnu in the form of a fascinating woman. 2. Name of an apsaras. 3. The flower of a kind of jasmine.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A kind of jasmine. 2. Vishnu in the form of a fascinating woman. 3. A name of an Apsara.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Type of Jasmine Flower

3 definitions
the flower of a species of jasmine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the flower of a kind of jasmine

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A kind of jasmine

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Apsaras (Celestial Nymph)

2 definitions
An Apsaras

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of an Apsaras

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Daughter of Rukmāṅgada

1 definition
a daughter of Rukmangada

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Deluding or Illusive Quality/Nature

1 definition
deluding, confusing, or illusive

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vishnu's Female Avatar

1 definition
1. The thirteenth incarnation of Vishnu who deluded the demons to prevent them from sharing the nectar of immortality and distributed it to the gods. 2. A form of Vishnu that enchanted Shiva. 3. A female divine energy or shakti.

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.