Pāli Dictionary

yoni

yurootnisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

yu1එක්සත්; සවි කරන්න

Synonyms

jāti, ṭhāna, bhūmi, seyyā, kucchi, gabbha, gabbhara

Antonyms

ayoni

general

  • ගර්භාෂය; ස්ත්‍රී ලිංගික අවයවය

  • womb; the female reproductive organ

  • Vv 52

    s'āhaṃ nūna ito gantvā, yoniṃ laddhāna mānusiṃ, vadaññū sīlasampannā, kāhāmi kusalaṃ bahuṃ.

  • MN 93

    te ca brāhmaṇiyonijā'va samānā evam'āhaṃsu, brāhmaṇo'va seṭṭho vaṇṇo, hīno añño vaṇṇo, brāhmaṇo'va sukko vaṇṇo, kaṇho añño vaṇṇo, brāhmaṇā'va sujjhanti, no abrāhmaṇā, brāhmaṇā'va brahmuno puttā orasā mukhato jātā brahmajā brahmanimmitā brahmadāy'ādā'ti.

  • මූලාශ්‍රය; උත්පත්තියේ ආකාරය; ප්‍රභේදය (චතුර්විධ යෝනි)

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

  • MN 76

    cuddasa kho pan'imāni yonipamukhasatasahassāni saṭṭhi ca satāni cha ca satāni, pañca ca kammuno satāni pañca ca kammāni tīṇi ca kammāni, kamme ca aḍḍhakamme ca

  • MN 12

    catasso kho imā, sāriputta, yoniyo. katamā catasso? aṇḍajā yoni, jalābujā yoni, saṃsedajā yoni, opapātikā yoni.

  • හේතුව; පදනම

  • reason; cause; grounds; basis

  • SN 35.239

    tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu diṭṭh'eva dhamme sukhasomanassabahulo viharati, yoni c'assa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṃ khayāya. katamehi tīhi?

cosmology

  • භව ක්ෂේත්‍රය; පුනර්භවයේ තත්ත්වය

  • realm of existence; state of rebirth

  • AN 5.179

    so ākaṅkhamāno attanā'va attānaṃ byākareyya khīṇanirayo'mhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇ'āpāyaduggativinipāto sot'āpanno'ham'asmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo'ti

  • AN 6.63

    atthi āsavā nirayagamanīyā, atthi āsavā tiracchānayonigamanīyā, atthi āsavā pettivisayagamanīyā, atthi āsavā manussalokagamanīyā, atthi āsavā devalokagamanīyā.

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