Meaning & use
Yogini
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A female practitioner or master of yoga, or, in tantric traditions, a goddess or spiritually powerful female figure.
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The retreat was led by an experienced yogini who had studied in India for a decade.
Ancient temples across India are dedicated to the sixty-four yoginis of tantric worship.
A note on using this word
The masculine counterpart is 'yogi'; both terms derive from Sanskrit and carry both a practical (practitioner) and mystical (deity) sense.
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