The Sanskrit term Yakṣiṇīsādhana can be transliterated into English as Yaksinisadhana or Yakshinisadhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: academia.edu: Yakṣiṇī-sādhana in the Kakṣapuṭa tantra

Yakṣiṇīsādhana (यक्षिणीसाधन).—Chapter fourteen of the Kakṣapuṭa-tantra gives an account of the yakṣiṇīsādhana (yakṣiṇī invocation). In the Jayākhyasaṇhitā, generally dated to the Gupta period, there is an early mention of the yakṣiṇī-sādhana. Having painted the picture of a Yakṣiṇī on a silk cloth, a practitioner should recite a mantra and offer the incense with guggulu for seven days.At midnight on the seventh day, the Yakṣiṇī appears and asks him “what should I become—your mother, sister, or wife”? The practitioner chooses one of these forms of manifestation, and she will then serve him or give benefits to him according to her role.

As far as the Hindu tantras are concerned, the sādhana of the thirty-six Yakṣiṇīs in the Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra is well known. The yakṣiṇī-sādhana of the Uḍḍāmareśvara-tantra has many parallels with the Kakṣapuṭa-tantra.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: Yakṣiṇī-sādhana in the Kakṣapuṭa tantra (buddhism)

Yakṣiṇīsādhana (यक्षिणीसाधन).— In Chinese translations of Buddhist tantras, the yakṣiṇī-sādhana appeared as early as the eighth century.The Bu-kong-juan-ce-shen-bianzhen-yan-jing (不空羂索神変真言経) might be the oldest translation that mentions the sādhana.Having drawn the maṇḍala on the ground using cow dung and painted a picture of a Yakṣiṇī in the centre, a practitioner offers rice and incense to her.He then performs the homa while reciting the mantras.While reciting each mantra, he should throw a poppy seed at the Yakṣiṇī. The Yakṣiṇī appears and asks his wishes, to which the practitioner answers, “Please become my mother or wife”.She will then serve him or give benefits to him according to her role.

There exist numerous examples of the yakṣiṇī-sādhana in Buddhist tantras.Among them, the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa provides a detailed account of the yakṣiṇī-sādhana, in which we can find different groups of Yakṣiṇīs: eight Yakṣiṇīs, six Yakṣiṇīs, and five Yakṣiṇīs.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Yakṣiṇīsādhana (यक्षिणीसाधन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] B. 4, 264.
—by Śrīnātha. Oudh. Ix, 24.

2) Yakṣiṇīsādhana (यक्षिणीसाधन):—[tantric] Peters. 6, 503.

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

Yakṣiṇīsādhana (यक्षिणीसाधन):—[=yakṣiṇī-sādhana] [from yakṣiṇī > yakṣ] n. Name of [work]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yakshini, Sadhana.

Full-text (+47): Karnapishaca, Candrasumati, Sarvalokalocanani, Janaranjika, Mekhala, Kuvalaya, Kameshvari, Vidyujjihva, Bhamini, Padmini, Jalapaini, Karnakarnakarini, Mahondri, Vikala, Malini, Kapalini, Kambalika, Jalarashi, Svamishvari, Raktakambala.

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