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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for योनि

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. योनिyonim. f.Womb, uterus, vulva, the female organ of generation.

    [यु-नि Uṇ.4.51]

    1. Womb, uterus, vulva, the female organ of generation.
    2. 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.
    3. A mine.
    4. An abode, a place, repository, seat, receptacle.
    5. Home, lair.
    6. 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.
    7. The asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.
    8. Water.
    9. 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.
    10. Copper; Latin D. B.
    11. The primary cause; कला पञ्चदशी योनिस्तद्धाम प्रतिबुध्यते Mb.12.34.4.
    12. The source of understanding; एषा धर्मस्य वो योनिः समासेन प्रकीर्तिता Ms.2.25 (com. योनिर्ज्ञप्तिकारणं 'वेदोऽखिलो धर्ममूलम्' इत्या- दिनोक्तमित्यर्थः).
    13. Longing for, desire (वासना); संसार- सागरगमां योनिपातालदुस्तराम् Mb.12.25.15.
    14. Seed, grain. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपोषणम् the growing of seed.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -गुणः the quality of the womb or place of origin.

    • -ज Adjective born of the womb, viviparous.

    • -देवता the asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.

    • -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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. योनिyonimf. (in RV. only m.; sometimes also f(योनी).; fr. √2. यु) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of…
    1. mf. (in fg-veda only masculine gender; sometimes also f(योनी).; from √2. यु) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation fg-veda etc. etc. (together with the लिङ्ग, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy RTL. 224)
    2. mf. place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to sprung or produced from) ibidem
    3. mf. place of rest, repository, receptacle, seat, abode, home, lair, nest, stable fg-veda AV. S3Br.
    4. mf. family, race, stock, caste, the form of existence or station fixed by birth (exempli gratia, 'for example' that of a man, Bra1hman Brahman, animal etc.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to belonging to the caste of) Mn. MBh. etc.
    5. mf. seed, grain (confer, compare योनी-पोषण)
    6. mf. a particular part of a fire-pit Hcat.
    7. mf. a mine Lexicographers
    8. mf. copper Lexicographers
    9. mf. water Naigh.
    10. mf. the regent of the Nakshatra नक्षत्र Pu1rvaphalguni1 पूर्वफल्गुनी VarBr2S.
    11. mf. Name of the sound ए Up.
    12. mf. of a particular verse or formula Ka1tyS3r.
    13. (in compound)
    Source: Monier-Williams

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