yoniH m. f. [ yu-ni Uṇ. 4. 51 ] 1 Womb, uterus, vulva, the female organ of generation. 2 Any place of birth or origin, generating cause, spring, fountain; sA yoniH sarbavErARAM sA hi lokasya nirftiH U. 5. 30 ; jagadyonirayonistvaM 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 manuzyayoni, pakzi°, paSu° &c. 7 The asterism pUrvaPalgunI . 8 Water. Comp. — guRaH the quality of the womb or place of origin. — ja a. born of the womb, viviparous. — devatA the asterism pUrvaPalgunI . — nAsA the upper part of the female organ. — BraMSaH fall of the womb, prolapsus uteri . — raMjanaM the menstrual discharge. — liMgaM the clitoris. — saMkaraH mixture of easte by unlawful intermarriage; Ms. 10. 60. — saMbaMDaH relation by marriage, connection.