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yoni

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.]