As a deity name
Name 937 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
योनि · noun · feminine
आकर । खानि · वह जिससे कोई वस्तु उत्पन्न हो । उत्पादक कारण · उत्पत्ति स्थान । जहाँ से कोई वस्तु पैदा हो । उदगम — Śabdasāgara
योनि · yoni · s.f.
The place of origination, site of birth or production — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1254
योनि · feminine
vagina; yoni
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi योनि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yoni m. f. (in RV. only m.; sometimes also f(yonī). ; fr. √ 2. yu) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, RV. &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, RTL. 224)
place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain (ifc. = sprung or produced from), ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yoni" is the vocative of "yonin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "yoni" is the vocative of "yonī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
yoni m. f. (in RV. only m.; sometimes also f(yonī). ; fr. √ 2. yu) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, RV. &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, RTL. 224)
place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain (ifc. = sprung or produced from), ib.
place of rest, repository, receptacle, seat, abode, home, lair, nest, stable, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.
family, race, stock, caste, the form of existence or station fixed by birth (e.g. that of a man, Brāhman, animal &c.; ifc. = belonging to the caste of), Mn.; MBh. &c.
seed, grain (cf. yonī-poṣaṇa)
yonin mfn. (ifc.) = yoni, MBh.; Hariv. (cf. nīca-y˚)
yonin n. (gṛtsamadasya yoninī dve) N. of Sāmans.
yonī (ī), f. N. of a river in Śālmala-dvīpa, VP.
yonī See yoni.
Alternative readings
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