Pāli Dictionary

yoni

yurootnisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

yu1unite; fasten


general

  • womb; the female reproductive organ

  • origin; source; mode of generation or birth; species, class of beings (as in the four yonis — egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, spontaneously arisen)

  • reason; cause; grounds; basis

cosmology

  • realm of existence; state of rebirth


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