mf. (in only m.; sometimes alsof(yonī-).;fr.2. yu-) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation etc. etc. (together with the liṅga-,a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy )
mf. family, race, stock, caste, the form of existence or station fixed by birth (exempli gratia, 'for example' that of a man, Brahman, animal etc.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' = belonging to the caste of) etc.
(k/arṇa-) mfn. having the ear as a source or starting-point, going forth from the ear (said of arrows, because in shooting the bow-string is drawn back to the ear)
m.Name ofindra- (whose body, after his adultery with ahalyā-, was covered with marks which resembled the female organ and then were made to resemble eyes; seesahasrākṣa-)
योनिः m. f. [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 U.5.3; जगद्योनिरयोनिस्त्वम् Ku.2.9;4.43; oft. 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, पक्षि˚, पशु˚ &c. -7 The asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी. -8 Water. -9 The base (of a सामन्) i. e. the ऋक् which is set to music and sung as सामन्; योनिश्चासौ शस्या च योनिशस्या ŚB. on MS. 7.2.17. -1 Copper; L. 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 'वेदो$खिलो धर्ममूलम्' इत्या- दिनोक्तमित्यर्थः). -13 Longing for, desire (वासना); संसार- सागरगमां योनिपातालदुस्तराम् Mb.12.25.15. -14 Seed, grain. ˚पोषणम् the growing of seed. -Comp. -गुणः the quality of the womb or place of origin. -ज a. born of the womb, viviparous. -देवता the asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी. -दोषः 1 Sexual defilement. -2 A defect of the female organ. -नासा the upper part of the female organ. -भ्रंशः fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri. -मुक्त a. released from birth or being born again. -मुखम् the
orifice of the womb. -मुद्रा a particular position of fingers. -रञ्जनम् the menstrual discharge. -लिङ्गम् the clitoris. -शस्या a Ṛigvedic verse which is both a योनि as well as a शस्या (q. v.); योनिशस्याश्च तुल्यवदितराभिर्वि- धीयन्ते MS.7.2.17. -संवरणम्, -संवृत्तिः Contraction of the vagina. -संकटम् rebirth. -संकरः mixture of caste by unlawful intermarriage; कुले मुख्ये$पि जातस्य यस्य स्याद् योनिसंकरः Ms.1.6. -सम्बन्धः relation by marriage, connection.
अयोनि a. 1 Without origin or source, eternal; जगद्योनिरयोनिस्त्वम् Ku.2.9. -2 Not born from the womb; born in a manner not approved by law or religion. -3 Of unknown family; अयोनिं च वियोनिं च न गच्छैत विचक्षणः Mb.13.14.33. -निः f. 1 Not the womb; अयोनौ गच्छतो योषां पुरुषम् Y.2.293; Ms.11.174. -2 Not a particular verse of the Sāmaveda. -निः 1 N. of Brahmā and Śiva. -2 A pestle. -Comp. -ज, -जन्मन् a. not born from the womb, not produced in the ordinary course of generation; शरीरं द्विविधं योनिजमयोनिजं चेति T. S; तनयाम् अयोनिजाम् R.11.47,48; कन्यारत्नमयोनि- जन्म भवतामास्ते Mv.1.3. (-जः) N. of Viṣṇu. ˚ईशः; ईश्वरः N. of Śiva. (-जा), -संभवा N. of Sītā, daughter of Janaka, who was born from a furrow in a field; राघवाय तनयामयोनिजां पार्थिवः श्रियमिव न्यवेदयत् R.11.47; Mv.1.3.
वियोनिः नी f. 1 Manifold birth. -2 The womb of animals; संभवांश्च वियोनीषु दुःखप्रायासु नित्यशः Ms.12.77 (Kull. on). -3 A debased or ignominious birth. -4 A woman of a different caste; ये तु मूढा दुराचारा वियोनौ मैथुने रताः Mb.13.145.52. -a. 1 Of low origin; अयोनिं च वियोनिं च न गच्छेत विचक्षणः Mb.13.14.133. -2 Destitute of vulva. ˚जः an animal (पक्ष्यादि); वियोनिजानां च विजानते रुतं Mb.13.16.72.
सयोनि a. 1 Having the same womb, uterine. -2 Closely related to. -3 Closely united with the womb. -निः 1 A whole or uterine brother. -2 A pair of nippers for cutting betel-nut. -3 N. of Indra.
noun (masculine feminine) a mine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular part of a fire-pit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
abode (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
caste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
copper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
family (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
female organs of generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
home (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular Mudrā
name of a particular verse or formula (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the sound e (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
origin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
place of birth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
place of rest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
race (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
receptacle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
repository (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
seat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
seed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
source (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the form of existence or station fixed by birth (e.g. that of a man) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the regent of the Nakṣatra Pūrvaphalgunī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
uterus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vagina (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vulva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (in rhetoric) "having no source that can be traced" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
of an unworthy or unimportant origin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
original (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without origin or beginning (said of Brahma) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective generated equivocally (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not born from the womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not produced in the ordinary course of generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kāma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of an Apsaras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Phlomis zeylanica Roxb. (commonly droṇa-puṣpī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Agastya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Droṇa (the military preceptor of the Kurus and Pāṇḍus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Vasiṣṭha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Prakṛti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) animal creation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
organic nature (including plants) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the womb of an animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Buddha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a place of pilgrimage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] name of Devī Frequency rank 37731/72933
noun (feminine) debased (or "manifold ") birth (of plants and animals) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the womb of animals (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective contrary to one's own nature (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destitute of vulva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
of low origin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a radical word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Devī
root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the source or origin of a word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective connected with the womb or place of origin or birth-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
female (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having a common origin with (instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having a womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having the same womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
uterine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a sister or near female relative (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one's own birthplace or source (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
own womb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
womb of one's own caste (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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