The Sanskrit term Mattakāśinī can be transliterated into English as Mattakasini or Mattakashini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mattakāśinī (मत्तकाशिनी).—f. (-nī) An excellent woman. E. matta intoxicated, and kāś to shine, aff. ini; also from kāṣ or kās, mattakāṣiṇī, and mattakāsinī .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mattakāśinī (मत्तकाशिनी).—[feminine] a wanton or charming woman (lit. one appearing intoxicated).

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

Mattakāśinī (मत्तकाशिनी):—[=matta-kāśinī] [from matta > mad] f. ‘appearing intoxicated’, a bewitching or wanton woman ([especially] used in address), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.] (also written -kāsinī or -kāṣiṇī).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mattakāśinī (मत्तकाशिनी):—[matta-kāśinī] (nī) 3. f. A fine woman. Also ṣinī or sinī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mattakashini 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.

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mattakāsinī refers to: see matthak’āsinī. (Page 517)

Note: mattakāsinī is a Pali compound consisting of the words matta and kāsinī.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mattakāśini (ಮತ್ತಕಾಶಿನಿ):—[noun] a very attractive or seductive looking woman.

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Mattakāsini (ಮತ್ತಕಾಸಿನಿ):—[noun] = ಮತ್ತಕಾಶಿನಿ [mattakashini].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kashini, Kasini, Matta.

Full-text: Kashin.

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