विषकन्या

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit विषकन्या (viṣakanyā); equivalent to विष (viṣ, “poison”) +‎ कन्या (kanyā, “unmarried woman; virgin”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪʂ.kən.jɑː/,

विषकन्या • (viṣkanyā) f (Urdu spelling وِشکنِّیا)

1. (historical) Visha Kanya (a kind of assassinatress of ancient India, said to seduce and then poison their targets)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विषकन्या”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “وشکنیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Compound of विष (viṣá, “poison”) +‎ कन्या (kanyā̀, “maiden, virgin, girl”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ʂɐ.kɐn.jɑː/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ʂɐˈkɐn̪.jɑː/

विषकन्या • (viṣakanyā) stem, f

1. (Classical Sanskrit) Visha Kanya (a kind of assassinatress of ancient India, said to seduce and then poison their targets)

• Monier Williams (1899) “विषकन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “viṣakanyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विषकन्या”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press