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Yoni vs Lingam - What's the difference?

yoni | lingam |

As nouns the difference between yoni and lingam

is that yoni is the female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures while lingam is the penis or phallus, especially when worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.

yoni

English

(wikipedia yoni)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
  • * 2004 , Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra , Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:
    • Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.
  • * 2001 , David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology , Oxford 2001, p. 205:
    • In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.
  • * 1997 , David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine , University of California 1997, p. 235:
    • The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni .

    Derived terms

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    lingam

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia lingam)
  • The penis or phallus, especially when worshipped as a symbol of or in connection with Shiva.

    • See also

    * yoni

    Anagrams

    * * English terms derived from Sanskrit ----