Yoni

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In Sanskrit, yoni means “womb” or “source” and also “vulva,” “nest,” and even “caste” and “race.”. In many cultures it is worshipped in conjunction with the liṇga, the generative organ of the god, particularly Śiva. Small models of the joined liṇga and yoni are found in all parts of India. It was worshipped from pre-Vedic period in India, to the period from about 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE. Archeological evidence in India suggests a myth in which Śiva takes the form of a buffalo and is mistakenly sacrificed to the Goddess and reborn from her yoni. In southern India there are numerous places where stones with cleavages are worshipped as the Goddess' yoni. A symbol of the yoni is the triangle. The most famous yoni temple in India is Kamakhya in Assam.

It has also been mistranslated by western historians as a representation of the external female genitals.

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