yoni

American  

[yoh-nee] / ˈjoʊ ni /

noun

1. a representation of the external female genitals, a symbol of Shakti or of female generative power.

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yoni British  

/ ˈjəʊnɪ /

noun

1. the female genitalia, regarded as a divine symbol of sexual pleasure and matrix of generation and the visible form of Sakti

2. an image of these as an object of worship

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Other Word Forms

• yonic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of yoni

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

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yoni

At other times they are several inches in height, as in the domestic examples, and often have the bull Nandi carved either at the end of the yoni or at the side of the emblem.

From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings

For that the word 'source' denotes the material cause is well known from the use of ordinary language; the earth, for instance, is called the yoni of trees and herbs.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by George Thibaut

Among the nations and religions of India the yoni was the representation of the female organ of generation, and was the symbol of the prolific power of nature.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

All the while they sang a rhyme on the numbers up to ten:— "Hitogo ni futa-go—mi-watashi yo me-go, Itsu yoni musashi nan no yakushi, Kokono-ya ja—to yo."

From Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories by William Elliot Griffis

Only after having reached a yoni the soul, affected with a remnant of its works, obtains a new body, and only in a body there can be the enjoyment of pleasure and pain.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by George Thibaut

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