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yoni

yoni

substantif (féminin) : utérus, matrice ; origine, source ; domaine (ou voie) de renaissance ; minutie, rigueur, connaissance

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

yoni (f.) [Vedic yoni] 1.the womb.– 2.origin,way of birth,place of birth,realm of existence; nature,matrix.There are four yonis or ways of being born or generation,viz.aṇḍaja oviparous creation,jalābuja viviparous,saṁsedaja moisture-sprung,opapātika spontaneous:M.I,73; D.III,230; Miln.146; Vism.552,557 sq.; cp.VbhA.203 sq.– Freq.in foll.combns:tiracchāna° the class of animals,the brute creation A.I,37,60; V,269; It.92; Pv IV.111; Vism.103,427; PvA.27,166; nāga° birth among the Nāgas S.III,240 sq.(in ref.to which the 4 kinds of birth,as mentioned above,are also applied); Vism.102 (niraya-nāga-yoni); pasu°=tiracchāna° Pv.II,1312; pisāca° world of the Pisācas S.I,209; peta° the realm of the Petas PvA.68 (cp.peta).–kamma° K.as origin A.III,186.– yoni upaparikkhitabba (=kiṁjātikā etc.) S.III,42.–ayoni unclean origin Th.1,219.– 3.thoroughness,knowledge,insight Nett 40.–ayoni superficiality in thought S.I,203 (“muddled ways” Mrs.Rh.D.).–yoniso (Abl.) “down to its origin or foundation,” i.e.thoroughly,orderly,wisely,properly,judiciously S.I,203 (“in ordered governance” K.S.I.259); D.I,118 (wisely); It.30 (āraddha āsavānaṁ khayāya); Pug.25; Vism.30,132,599; PpA 31.Opp.ayoniso disorderly improperly Pug.21; DhA.I,327; PvA.113,278.– Esp.frequent in phrase yoniso manasikāra “fixing one’s attention with a purpose or thoroughly,” proper attention,“having thorough method in one’s thought” (K.S.I.259) Ps.I,85 sq.; It.9; J.I,116; Miln.32; Nett 8,40,50,127; Vism.132; PvA.63.See also manasikāra.– Opp.ayoniso manasikāra disorderly or distracted attention D.III,273; VbhA.148; ThA.79.In BSk.the same phrase:yoniśo manasikāraḥ Divy 488; AvŚ I.122; II,112 (Speyer:“the right & true insight,as the object of consideration really is”).See further on term Dial.III,218 (“systematized attention”); K.S.I.131; II,6 (“radical grasp”).–ja born from the womb Sn.620; Dh.396.–pamukha principal sort of birth D.I,54; M.I,517.

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

yoni [yu_1-ni] m. matrice, utérus; vulve | source, origine | soc. socle-support du liṅga symbolisant la Déesse — ifc. né de, provenant de, de la caste de — f. yonī id.