The Sanskrit term Kuṣmāṇḍinī can be transliterated into English as Kusmandini or Kushmandini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: The Jaina Iconography

Kuṣmāṇḍinī (कुष्माण्डिनी) (or Ambikā, Kuṣmāṇḍī, Āmrā) is the name of the Yakṣiṇī accompanying Neminātha: the twenty-second of twenty-four Tīrthaṃkaras or Jinas, commonly depicted in Jaina iconography.—Neminātha’s emblem is known to be a conch-shell from the Jaina canonical texts. The Śāsana-devatās who attend upon him are Yakṣa Gomedha and Yakṣiṇī Ambikā (Digambara: and Kuṣmāṇḍinī). The Chowri-bearer, in his case, is King Ugrasena. His Kevala-tree is called Mahāveṇu or Vetasa.

This Yakṣiṇī of Neminātha has the Śvetāmbara description of a Goddess, who rides a lion and bears a bunch of mangoes, nose, a child and goad. The Digambara image of the Yakṣiṇī is described as also riding upon a lion, but as bearing two hands with a bunch of mangoes and a child.

Source: HereNow4U: Svasti - Essays

Kuṣmāṇḍinī (कुष्माण्डिनी):—Ambikā, better known in Karnataka by her alternate name Kuṣmāṇḍinī. She is also popular in both north and south India, and among both Digambaras and Śvetāmbaras. She was the yakṣī or śāsanadevī of the twenty-second Jina, Neminātha. Kuṣmāṇḍinī in Karnataka is especially associated with Sravana Belgola, for she is the guardian deity of the site.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kūṣmāṇḍinī (कूष्माण्डिनी):—[from kūṣmāṇḍa] f. Name of a goddess.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kushmandini in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kūṣmāṃḍini (ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಂಡಿನಿ):—[noun] = ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಂಡಿ - [kushmamdi -] 2.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Full-text: Ambika, Kuladeva, Amra, Kushmandi, Vetasa, Ugrasena, Mahavenu, Gomeda, Gomedha, Neminatha.

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