Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

yoni योनि – womb; source; yoni; perineal region; vulva; vagina

substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

womb; source; yoni; perineal region; vulva; vagina

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yóni ·m. f., yonī lap, womb, vulva; place of origin or abiding, home, lair, nest, etc.; family, race, caste; source, spring; seat, place i.g.; adj. born among, sprung from (--°); yonitas by birth or blood.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yoni yoni, is, m. f. (rarely fem. in the older language; sometimes also yonī, f.; said to be fr. rt. 2. yu), the womb, uterus, matrix, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation; site of birth or production, any place of birth or origin, native place; a home, abode, site, lair, nest; birth, origin, source [cf. jagad-y˚, karma-y˚], spring, fountain, (at the end of an adj. comp. = ‘originating in,’ ‘arising or proceeding from,’ ‘sprung from,’ ‘produced by,’ e. g. aguru-yonir dhūpaḥ, aromatic vapour proceeding from aloe wood); a repository, receptacle, seat; a mine; family, race, stock, caste, the form of exist- ence or station fixed by birth, a class or particular nature of created existence (e. g. that of a man, Brāhman, animal, &c.); the regent of the Nakṣatra Pūrva-phalgunī; water; a mystical term for the sound e.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

yóni (von 2. yu) UṆĀDIS. 4,51. m. und f. (dieses in der alten Sprache selten; aus metrischen Rücksichten bisweilen auch yonī) TRIK. 3,5,16. SIDDH. K. 247,b,1. 1〉 Schooss; Geburtsort, Mutterleib, vulva NIR. 2,8. NIR. 2,19. AK. 2,6,2,27. TRIK. 3,3,255. H. 609. H. an. 2,280. MED. n. 16. HALĀY. 2,359. HALĀY. 5,76. ṚV. 1,164,32. fg. ṚV. 2,9,3. a̱yaṃ te̱ yonìrṛ̱tviyo̱ yatò jā̱to aròcathāḥ ṚV. 3,29,10. vi jìhīṣva vanaspate̱ yoni̱ḥ sūṣyàntyā iva ṚV. 5,78,5. yuvā̀ ha yadyùva̱tyāḥ kṣeti̱ yonìṣu ṚV. 10,40,11. ṚV. 10,63,15. ṚV. 10,162,4. AV. 1,11,3. AV. 1,11,5. AV. 3,23,2. AV. 3,23,5. garbha̱mā dhèhi̱ yonyā̀m AV. 5,25,8. yonyā̀ iva̱ pracyùto̱ garbhàḥ AV. 6,121,4. VS. 8,29. yonìṃ pravi̱śadìndri̱yam VS. 19,76. AIT. BR. 1,3. madhye yonirdhṛtā AIT. BR. 3,35. AIT. BR. 5,15. TS. 6,1,3,6. yathā yonau retaḥ siñcet ŚAT. BR. 1,7,2,14. ŚAT. BR. 6,4,4,19. saṃbhūtiṃ tasya tāṃ vidyādyadyonāvabhijāyate M. 2,147. viśiṣṭaṃ kutracidbījaṃ strīyonistveva kutracit M. 9,34. fg. M. 9,37. bījādyonirgarīyasī M. 52. M. 56. SUŚR. 1,290,15. SUŚR. 2,93,17. SUŚR. 2,396,2. fgg. BHĀG. P. 4,6,42. yoniḥ praklidyate striyāḥ MBH. 13,2227. Spr. 5268. Spr. 5276 parayonāvabhigamanam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,56. parayoniṣu gacchanto maithunam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,66. akṣata˚ adj. f. M. 9,176. M. 10,5. yoniryathā na duṣyeta kartāhaṃ te sumadhyame BHĀG. P. 9,24,33. goḥ R. 1,55,3. sayoniprāṇin ein weibliches Wesen AK. 3,6,1,2. ˚cikitsā Verz. d. B. H. No. 949. ˚do ṣacikitsā Verz. d. B. H. 972. ˚vyāpad Verz. d. Oxf. H. 316,b,16. — 2〉 Heimath, Haus; Lager, Nest, Stall u. s. w.: jā̱yeva̱ yonaù ṚV. 1,66,5. ṚV. 2,38,8. sā̱dayā̀ ya̱jñaṃ sùkṛ̱tasya̱ yonaù ṚV. 3,29,8. sa̱mā̱naṃ yoni̱manù sa̱ṃcaràntī ṚV. 3,33,3. jā̱yedastàṃ maghava̱ntsedu̱ (sā Padapāṭha padap.) yonìḥ ṚV. 53,4. ṚV. 4,16,10. ā yadyonìṃ hira̱ṇyaya̱ṃ varùṇa̱ mitra̱ sadàthaḥ ṚV. 5,67,2. ṚV. 9,71,6. ṚV. 9,82,1. sa̱mā̱ne yonaù saha̱śeyyā̀ya ṚV. 10,10,7. ya̱masyà ṚV. 10,123,6. mama yonìrapsva1̱̀ntaḥ samu̱dre ṚV. 10,125,7. AV. 13,1,17. a̱psuyòni̱rvā a̱gniḥ svāme̱vaina̱ṃ yonìṃ gamayati TS. 5,2,2,4. TS. 3,2,6,3. ŚAT. BR. 13,2,7,10. tato gaccheta rājendra bhīmāyāḥ sthānamuttamam . tatra snātvā tu yonyāṃ vai MBH. 3,5026. — 3〉 Stätte des Entstehens oder des Bleibens, daher Ursprung, Quelle, (zum Empfang zubereiteter) Raum, Behälter, Sitz u. s. w.; = prakṛti AK. 3,4,14,75. = utpattisthāna TRIK. = kāraṇa H. 1513. H. an. = ākara MED. rātryuṣase̱ yonìmāraik hat Platz gemacht ṚV. 1,113,1. ṚV. 1,124,8. yonìṣṭa indra ni̱ṣadè akāri ṚV. 1,104,1. sa̱mā̱ne yonā̀ mithu̱nā samòkasā ṚV. 144,4. ṚV. 2,3,11. ṚV. 3,1,7. ṚV. 5,7. ṛ̱tasyà ṚV. 63,13. ṚV. 3,18. ṚV. 4,1,12. ṚV. 5,21,4. ṚV. 9,8,3. VS. 2,6. a̱yaṃ yonìścakṛ̱mā yaṃ va̱yaṃ tè ṚV. 4,3,2. ṚV. 6,15,16. ṚV. 7,3,5. ṚV. 8,29,2. ayohata ṚV. 9,1,2. mṛnmaya VS. 11,59. VS. 12,61. die Stätten des Feuers: ni ṣàdā̱ yonìṣu triṣù ṚV. 2,36,4. sa̱taśca̱ yoni̱masàtaśca̱ vi vàḥ VS. 13,3. iyaṃ vā asya sarvasya yoniḥ, somaṃ yonau sādayati ŚAT. BR. 4,1,2,9. ŚAT. BR. 10,6,4,1. saiṣā kṣatrasya yoniryadbrahma ŚAT. BR. 14,4,2,23. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4,11. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 5,2. die Ṛc ist yoni d. h. Ausgangspunkt, Grundform des Sāman AIT. BR. 3,35. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 24,6. ŚĀṄKH. BR. 24,8. ŚR. 7,21,2. ŚR. 7,21,5. vahneryathā yonigatasya mūrtirna dṛśyate, indhana˚ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,13. agneryonirivāraṇiḥ BHĀG. P. 3,27,23. M. 9,321. Spr. 1668. eṣa yoniḥ sarvasya MĀṆḌ. UP. 6. NṚS. TĀP. UP._in_Ind. St. 9,126. brahmakṣatrasya vai yonirvaṃśaḥ ein Geschlecht, aus dem Brahmanen und Krieger hervorgegangen sind, BHĀG. P. 9,22,43. trasānāṃ trividhā yoniraṇḍasvedajarāyujāḥ MBH. 6,164. H. 1357. manaḥśṛṅgārasaṃkalpātmāno yoniḥ (kāmasya) H. 229. tejasāṃ yonim MĀRK. P. 105,25. MĀRK. P. 99,33. divyābharaṇayonayaḥ HARIV. 6005. sarva˚ RAGH. 10,21. aśaneramṛtasya cobhayorvaśinaścāmbudharāśca yonayaḥ KUMĀRAS. 4,43. dharmasya M. 2,25. devena jñānayoninā MBH. 5,3761. vigrahayonayaḥ KĀM. NĪTIS. 10,5. śabdayonirdhātuḥ AK. 3,4,14,68. Am Ende eines adj. comp. entstanden —, hervorgegangen aus H. 6. ṚV. PRĀT. 2,11. ṚV. PRĀT. 11,2. BHAG. 5,22. BHAG. 7,6. MBH. 15,235. RAGH. 6,8. KUMĀRAS. 6,39. VIKR. 28. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 179,a, No. 410. — 4〉 Geburtsstätte so v. a. Familie, Geschlecht, Stamm, die durch die Geburt bestimmte Daseinsform (als Mensch, Brahmane u. s. w., Thier u. s. w.): śīlavṛtte samājñāya vidyāṃ yoniṃ ca karma ca MBH. 13,2406. vidyāyonisaṃbandha P. 6,3,23. asaṃbandhā ca yonitaḥ M. 2,129. striyāḥ saṃgrahaṇaṃ prāha taddigākhyātayonitaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,70. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 96,8. (na) svabhāvamativartante yoniyuktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ Spr. 4309. yonīnāmadhamā vayam R. 7,59,1,21. hayayonijña so v. a. Race MBH. 5,5253. yāṃ yāṃ yoniṃ tu jīvo 'yaṃ yena yeneha karmaṇā . kramaśo yāti loke 'smin M. 12,53. M. 12,74. M. 6,63. bahvīstu saṃviśanyonīrjāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ MBH. 13,1923. śubhakṛt śubhayonīṣu pāpakṛtpāpayoniṣu (prajāyate) MBH. 3,13872. BHĀG. P. 3,14,42. yasya sattvasya yā yonistasyāṃ tatparimṛgyate so v. a. unter seines Gleichen R. 5,14,62. svāṃ yonimāsādya R. 7,18,20. kaluṣayonija M. 10,57. fg. vihīna˚ MBH. 3,15674. khala˚ BHĀG. P. 8,23,7. caṇḍālapukkaśānāṃ yonimṛcchati M. 12,55. vaiśyayonau jātā MĀRK. P. 115,20. brahmakṣatriyaviḍyoni adj. so v. a. zur Kaste der Brahmanen, Krieger oder Vaiśya gehörig M. 2,80. M. 8,62. M. 9,229. dāsa˚ adj. M. 8,415. śṛgālayoniṃ prāpnoti M. 5,164. M. 9,30. Ind. St. 1,265. PAÑCAT. 188,5. PAÑCAT. 188,6. — 5〉 als Synonym von bhaga (das missverstanden wurde) der Regent des Nakṣatra Pūrvaphalgunī VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98,4; vgl. yonidevatā. — 6〉 Wasser NAIGH. 1,12. H. an. — 7〉 mystische Bez. des Diphthongen e WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 318. Ind. St. 2,316. — Vgl. a˚, ajina˚, antya˚, abja˚, ambhoja˚, aśma˚, eka˚, karṇa˚, kumbha˚, kṛta˚, kṛṣṇa˚, ghṛta˚, citta˚, jagadyoni, jīva˚, tiryagyona, tiryagyoni, duryoni, deva˚, dhūma˚ (vgl. dhūmoṣṇayoni R. GORR. 2,102,11), netra˚, padma˚, pāpa˚, purā˚, prati˚, prāṇa˚, brahma˚ (von Brahman stammend auch MBH. 3,16187. R. 1,34,1), bhūta˚ (auch MUṆḌ. UP. 1,1,6), mano˚, mahā˚, vastra˚, vi˚, śata˚, sa˚, saṃkalpa˚, saṃkīrṇa˚, satya˚, sādadyoni, sva˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yóni m. f. (dieses in der alten Sprache seltener und yonī) f. — 1〉 Schooss; Geburtsort, Mutterleib, vulva. — 2〉 Heimat, Haus, Lager, Nest, Stall u. s. w. — 3〉 Stätte des Entstehens oder Bleibens; [Page5-153-b] daher Ursprung, Quelle, Ausgangspunkt, (zum Empfang zubereiteter) Raum, Behälter, Sitz u. s. w. Der Ursprung —, die Grundlage eines Sāman ist die erste Ṛc eines Tṛca Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 9,2,6. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. entstanden —, hervorgegangen aus. — 4〉 Geburtsstätte, so v. a. Familie, Geschlecht, Stamm, Kaste, Race, die durch die Geburt bestimmte Daseinsform (als Mensch, Brahmane u. s. w., Thier u. s. w.). — 5〉 ein best. Theil an einer Feuergrube HEMĀDRI 1,136,11. fgg. — 6〉 Fruchtkorn, Same. — 7〉 der Regent des Mondhauses Pūrvaphalgunī. — 8〉 Bez. des Spruches eṣá te yóniḥ (VS. 7,12,c. VS. 23,2,b) KĀTY. ŚR. 19,2,14. — 9〉 mystische Bez. des Lautes e. — 10〉 Wasser. — 11〉 yonī N. pr. eines Flusses in Śālmaladvīpa VP. 2,4,28.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yoniḥ m. f. [yu-ni Uṇ. 4. 51] 1 Womb, uterus, vulva, the female organ of generation. 2 Any place of birth or origin, generating cause, spring, fountain; sā yoniḥ sarbavairāṇāṃ sā hi lokasya nirṛtiḥ U. 5. 30; jagadyonirayonistvaṃ Ku. 2. 9, Ku. 4. 43; oft. at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘sprung or produced from’; 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 manuṣyayoni, pakṣi˚, paśu˚ &c. 7 The asterism pūrvaphalgunī. 8 Water. Comp. — guṇaḥ the quality of the womb or place of origin. — ja a. born of the womb, viviparous. — devatā the asterism pūrvaphalgunī. — nāsā the upper part of the female organ. — bhraṃśaḥ fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri. — raṃjanaṃ the menstrual discharge. — liṃgaṃ the clitoris. — saṃkaraḥ mixture of easte by unlawful intermarriage; Ms. 10. 60. — saṃbaṃdhaḥ relation by marriage, connection.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yóni m. (f.), yonī f. Schoß, Mutterleib, vulva, Heimat, Sitz, Stätte, Ursprung, Geschlecht, Stamm, Kaste; adj. —˚ geboren in, hervorgegangen aus.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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yoni yoni m. f. et yonī f. (? yu; sfx. ni) matrice; vulve. Au fig. lieu d'origine ou de production; origine. Mine, minière. Qqf. eau. yonidevatā f. le 11ᵉ astérisme lunaire ou pūrvaphalgunī. yonināsā f. clitoris. yonirañjana n. flux menstruel. [Page529-2] yoniliṅga n. clitoris. yonyarśas n. ménorrhagie.

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DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 3 occurrences

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 101–101.1: Turning Enjoyment Inwards 1 occurrence

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 2 occurrences

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HP 3.49-3.57: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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MandUp 1 occurrence
MandUp 3-7: Four modes of awareness 1 occurrence

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