Book: Yoga Studies in Five Minutes
Chapter: 35. What is a Yoginī?
Blurb:
The meaning of the term yoginī varies considerably according to context, and can include: a class of tantric goddesses, a designation for the Great Goddess, intermediary beings/demigoddesses, ghosts, witches, female ascetics, tantric practitioners, women consecrated to a deity, and persons with a special affinity for Indian religion.