योनि 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; सा योनिः सर्बवैरा- णां सा हि लोकस्य निरृतिः U. 5. 30; जगद्योनिरयोनिस्त्वं Ku. 2. 9, 4. 43; oft. at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘sprung or produced from’; 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, पक्षिº, पशुº &c.
7 The asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.
8 Water.
−Comp.
−गुणः the quality of the womb or place of origin.
−ज a. born of the womb, viviparous.
−देवता the asterism पूर्वफल्गुनी.
−नासा the upper part of the female organ.
−भ्रंशः fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri.
−रंजनं the menstrual discharge.
−लिंगं the clitoris.
−संकरः mixture of easte by unlawful intermarriage; Ms. 10. 60.
−संबंधः relation by marriage, connection.