yoginī | योगिनी | yoginI

yoginī | योगिनी | f. See next.
yoginī | योगिनी | f. a female demon or any being endowed with magical power, a fairy, witch, sorceress (represented as eight in number and as created by Durgā and attendant on her or on Śiva; sometimes 60, 64 or 65 are enumerated), Hariv.; Kathās. &c. (cf. RTL. 188, 189)
N. of Durgā, L.
(with Tāntrikas) a partic. Śakti
(with Buddhists) a woman representing any goddess who is the object of adoration.

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