Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
N. for a woman ‘endow- ed with various talents and excel- lences’, one of the four divisions into which writers on erotic sci- ence class women: padminī, citriṇī, [Page0494-c+ 57] śaṃkhinī and hastinī or kariṇī. The Ra- timanjarī thus defines citriṇī: bhava- ti ratirasajñā nātikharvā na dīrghā tilkusumasu- nāsā snigdhanīlotpalākṣī. ghanakaṭhinakucāḍhyā suṃdarī baddhaśīlā sakalaguṇavicitrā citriṇī ci- travaktrā.....
