Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A woman of one of the four classes into which writers on erotic science divide women; the Ratimañjarī thus describes her: dīrghātidīrghanayanā varasuṃdarī yā kāmopabhogarasi- kā guṇaśīlayuktā. rekhātrayeṇa ca vibhūṣitakaṃ- ṭhadeśā sabhogakelira saṃkā kila śaṃkhinī sā.. cf. citriṇī, hastinī, and padminī also.
2 A female spirit, or a kind of fairy. Comp. phalaḥ the Śirīṣa tree.
