Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hinduism A stylized representation of a vulva worshiped as a symbol of a goddess or Shakti.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The female organ of generation or a symbol thereof. Compare lingam.
Wiktionary
- n. The female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Hindu Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. lingam.
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit योनि (yoni). (Wiktionary)
- Sanskrit yoniḥ, womb, abode, source. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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
“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.”
“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
“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. ”
“In Japan, the color "cherry blossom pink" is associated with a woman's yoni, and consequently, soft-core pornographic films are called "pink movies.”
The Huffington Post: Donna Henes: Blessings of the Pink Moon
“And the heart, which has no resemblance to an anatomical heart, is a simplistic illustration of an aroused and engorged vulva, a holy yoni.”
“The garland wrapped pole is a clear and graphic representation of a phallus encircled by a yoni.”
The Huffington Post: Donna Henes: May Day: A Bawdy Festival of Fertility
“It's sacred iconography -- and it happens to look very much like a woman's yoni.”
The Huffington Post: Suzie Heumann: Sex: Plain or Profound, What's Your Style?
“For about two weeks, my yoni felt dense, as if I needed another release (orgasm).”
The Huffington Post: Marnia Robinson: Karezza Lovemaking for Singles
“Even when the vagina is worshiped in theory, as the yoni is in India, it is denigrated in practice.”
The Huffington Post: Eve Ensler: Nothing Short of a Sexual Revolution
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mechanolatry My personal favourite word for female genitalia Mar 5, 2009
johnmperry ... When the yoni is pressed by the lingam for a long time, it is called 'pressing' ... Jul 17, 2008
johnmperry 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.
... Jul 17, 2008