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Entry योनि

  1. योनिyoniSexual defilement.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -दोषः

      1. Sexual defilement.
      2. A defect of the female organ.
    • -नासा the upper part of the female organ.

    • -भ्रंशः fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri.

    • -मुक्त Adjective released from birth or being born again.

    • -मुखम् the orifice of the womb.

    • -मुद्रा a particular position of fingers.

    • -रञ्जनम् the menstrual discharge.

    • -लिङ्गम् the clitoris.

    • -शस्या a Ṛigvedic verse which is both a योनि as well as a शस्या (quod vide, which see); योनिशस्याश्च तुल्यवदितराभिर्वि- धीयन्ते MS.7.2.17.

    • -संवरणम्, -संवृत्तिः Contraction of the vagina.

    • -संकटम् rebirth.

    • -संकरः mixture of caste by unlawful intermarriage; कुले मुख्येऽपि जातस्य यस्य स्याद् योनिसंकरः Ms.1.6.

    • -सम्बन्धः relation by marriage, connection.

    • योनिः yōniḥ, Masculine Feminine

      1. यु-नि Uṇ.4.51
      2. Womb, uterus, vulva, the female organ of generation.
      3. Any place of birth or origin, generating cause, spring, fountain; स्वासु योनिषु शाम्यति Ms.9.321; सा योनिः सर्ववैराणां सा हि लोकस्य निर्ऋतिः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.3; जगद्योनिरयोनिस्त्वम् Ku.2.9;4.43; Often times at the end of comp. in the sense of 'sprung or produced from'; ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते Bg. 5.22.
      4. A mine.
      5. An abode, a place, repository, seat, receptacle.
      6. Home, lair.
      7. A family, stock, race, birth, form of existence; as मनुष्ययोनि, पक्षिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, पशुdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
      8. The asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.
      9. Water.
      10. The base (of a सामन्) id est, that is the ऋक् which is set to music and sung as सामन्; योनिश्चासौ शस्या च योनिशस्या ŚB. on MS. 7.2.17.
      11. Copper; Latin D. B.
      12. The primary cause; कला पञ्चदशी योनिस्तद्धाम प्रतिबुध्यते Mb.12.34.4.
      13. The source of understanding; एषा धर्मस्य वो योनिः समासेन प्रकीर्तिता Ms.2.25 (com. योनिर्ज्ञप्तिकारणं 'वेदोऽखिलो धर्ममूलम्' इत्या- दिनोक्तमित्यर्थः).
      14. Longing for, desire (वासना); संसार- सागरगमां योनिपातालदुस्तराम् Mb.12.25.15.
      15. Seed, grain. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपोषणम् the growing of seed.
    • -गुणः the quality of the womb or place of origin.

    • -ज Adjective born of the womb, viviparous.

    • -देवता the asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.

    In the Gita14·316·1916·20

    मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।

    mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmingarbhaṁ dadhāmyaham, — My womb is the Mahat Brahman; into that I cast the seed; thence spring all beings, O Bharata. 14·3
    • योनिःyoniḥnominative singular of the feminine noun yoni (womb, birth).
    • योनिषुyoniṣulocative plural of the feminine noun yoni (womb, birth).
    • योनिम्yonimaccusative singular of the feminine noun yoni (womb, birth).

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Headwords under य

Part 3 of 3 युञ्ज् – यौष्माकAll parts
  1. य – यस्मात्
  2. यहु – युज्य
  3. युञ्ज् – यौष्माक