yoni योनि yóni m. f. (in [RV.] only m.; sometimes also f(yonI). ; 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) a partic. part of a fire-pit, [Hcat.] a mine, [L.] copper, [L.] water, [Naigh.] the regent of the Nakṣatra Pūrvaphalgunī, [VarBṛS.] N. of the sound e, [Up.] of a partic. verse or formula, [KātyŚr.] yonin योनिन् mfn. (ifc.) = yoni, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (cf. nīca-y°) n. (gṛtsamadasya yoninī dve) N. of Sāmans. yoniha योनिह yoni—ha mfn. injuring the womb, [MantraBr.] yonija योनिज yoni—ja mfn. produced from the womb, viviparous, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. yonika योनिक See a-yonika. yoniśas योनिशस् yoni—śas ind. fundamentally, thoroughly, [Lalit.] wisely, [Divyāv.] yonimat योनिमत् yóni—mat (yóni-), mfn. connected with the womb, [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.] sprung from a womb, [MaitrS.] descended from a good race, [Hcat.] yonitas योनितस् yoni—tás ind. out of a place of rest or stable, [MaitrS.] yonitva योनित्व yoni—tva n. the being an origin or source, [NṛsUp.]; [Kum.] (ifc.) the arising from or being based on [Suśr.]; [Sarvad.] yoniṣad योनिषद् yoni—ṣad mfn. dwelling in the womb, [Hir.] yonideśa योनिदेश yoni—deśa m. the region of the womb or the generative organs, [MW.] yonidoṣa योनिदोष yoni—doṣa m. sexual defilement, [Hariv.] a defect of the female organ yonigāna योनिगान yoni—gāna n. N. of the first part of the Sāma-saṃhitā, [Nyāyam.], Sch. yoniguṇa योनिगुण yoni—guṇa m. the property of a womb, quality of a place of origin, [MW.] yonimukha योनिमुख yoni—mukha n. the orifice of the womb, [Suśr.] yonināsā योनिनासा yoni—nāsā f. the upper part of the female organ, [W.] yoniroga योनिरोग yoni—roga m. disease of the female organs of generation, [Suśr.] yoniduṣṭā योनिदुष्टा yoni—duṣṭā f. pl. sexually defiled (said of women), [Hariv.] yonidvāra योनिद्वार yoni—dvāra n. the orifice of the womb, [Suśr.] N. of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.] yonikuṇḍa योनिकुण्ड yoni—kuṇḍa n. N. of a partic. mystical diagram, [Cat.] yoniliṅga योनिलिङ्ग yoni—liṅga n. the clitoris, [L.] yonimudrā योनिमुद्रा yoni—mudrā f. N. of a partic. position of the fingers, [L.] yonimukta योनिमुक्त yoni—mukta mfn. released from birth or from being born again, [ŚvetUp.] yonibhraṃśa योनिभ्रंश yoni—bhraṃśa m. fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri, [Suśr.] yoniśāstra योनिशास्त्र yoni—śāstra n. N. of a class of works, [VP.] yonidevatā योनिदेवता yoni—devatā f. N. of the Nakṣatra Pūrva-phalgunī, [L.] yonigrantha योनिग्रन्थ yoni—grantha m. = -gāna, [Nyāyam.], Sch. yonimantra योनिमन्त्र yoni—mantra m. the text, [VS. viii, 29]; [Hcat.] yoniniraya योनिनिरय yoni—niraya m. the womb compared to a hell, [Hcat.] yonipoṣaṇa योनिपोषण yoni—poṣaṇa n. the growing of seed or grain, [Viṣṇ.] yonitantra योनितन्त्र yoni—tantra n. N. of wk. yonivyāpad योनिव्यापद् yoni—vyāpad f. N. of wk. yonicikitsā योनिचिकित्सा yoni—cikitsā f. N. of wk. yonirañjana योनिरञ्जन yoni—rañjana n. the menstrual excretion, [W.] yonisaṃkara योनिसंकर yoni—saṃkara m. ‘confusion of births’, mixture of caste by unlawful marriage, misalliance, [Mn.]; [R.] yonisaṃkaṭa योनिसंकट yoni—saṃkaṭa n. ‘passage through the womb’, re-birth, [MBh.] yonisaṃvṛti योनिसंवृति yoni—saṃvṛti f. ([W.]) contraction of the vagina. yonisambhava योनिसम्भव yoni—sambhava mfn. = -ja, [Cat.] yonisambandha योनिसम्बन्ध yoni—sambandha m. a blood-relation, [Āpast.] yonisaṃkaluṣa योनिसंकलुष yoni—saṃkaluṣa see saṃk°, p. 1125 yonisaṃvaraṇa योनिसंवरण yoni—saṃvaraṇa n. ([Bhpr.]) contraction of the vagina. yonidoṣacikitsā योनिदोषचिकित्सा yoni—doṣa—cikitsā f. N. of wk.