Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stylized representation of a vulva worshiped as a symbol of a goddess or Shakti.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The female organ of generation or a symbol thereof. Compare
lingam .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hindu Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf.
lingam .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of
veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In some places indeed the word yoni means not source, but merely place; so, for instance, in the mantra, 'A yoni, O Indra, was made for you to sit down upon '(/Ri/k.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 George Thibaut 1881
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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.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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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.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 George Thibaut 1881
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The earth was the primitive pudendum or yoni which is fecundated by the solar heat, the sun, the primitive linga, to whose vivifying rays man and animals, plants and the fruits of the earth, owe their being and continued existence. "
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And the heart, which has no resemblance to an anatomical heart, is a simplistic illustration of an aroused and engorged vulva, a holy yoni.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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The garland wrapped pole is a clear and graphic representation of a phallus encircled by a yoni.
Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011
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In Japan, the color "cherry blossom pink" is associated with a woman's yoni, and consequently, soft-core pornographic films are called "pink movies."
Donna Henes: Blessings of the Pink Moon Donna Henes 2011
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The garland wrapped pole is a clear and graphic representation of a phallus encircled by a yoni.
Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility Donna Henes 2011
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In Japan, the color "cherry blossom pink" is associated with a woman's yoni, and consequently, soft-core pornographic films are called "pink movies."
Donna Henes: Blessings of the Pink Moon Donna Henes 2011
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And the heart, which has no resemblance to an anatomical heart, is a simplistic illustration of an aroused and engorged vulva, a holy yoni.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
johnmperry commented on the word yoni
The yoni (Sanskrit योिन yoni) is the Sanskrit word for "divine passage", "place of birth", "womb" (more as nature as a womb and cradle of all creations) or "sacred temple" (cf. lila).
Also has a wider meaning in both profane and spiritual contexts, covering a range of meanings of "place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain, place of rest, repository, receptacle, seat, abode, home, lair, nest, stable" (Monier-Williams).
The yoni is also considered to be symbolic of Shakti or other goddesses of a similar nature.
In classical texts such as Kama Sutra, yoni refers to vagina.
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July 17, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word yoni
... When the yoni is pressed by the lingam for a long time, it is called 'pressing' ...
July 17, 2008
mechanolatry commented on the word yoni
My personal favourite word for female genitalia
March 5, 2009