Editing Yoni (section)

===Sanskrit literature===
The term ''yoni'' and its derivatives appear in ancient medicine and surgery-related Sanskrit texts such as the ''[[Sushruta Samhita]]'' and ''[[Charaka Samhita]]''. In this context, ''yoni'' broadly refers to "female sexual and procreative organs".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meulenbeld |first=Gerrit Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhc028gqXKIC |title=The Sitapitta Group of Disorders (Urticaria and Similar Syndromes) and Its Development in Ayurvedic Literature from Early Times to the Present Day |publisher=Barkhuis |year=2010 |isbn=978-90-77922-76-7 |pages=106 note 35}}</ref> According to Indologists Rahul Das and Gerrit Meulenbeld known for their translations and reviews of ancient Sanskrit medical and other literature, ''yoni'' "usually denotes the vagina or the vulva, in a technical sense it also includes the uterus along with these; moreover, yoni- can at times mean simply 'womb, uterus' too, though it [Cakrapanidata's commentary on ''Sushruta Samhita''] does so relatively seldom".<ref name="MeulenbeldLeslie1991p57">{{Cite book |title=Medical literature from India, Sri Lanka, and Tibet |date=1991 |publisher=E.J. Brill |isbn=90-04-09522-5 |location=Leiden |oclc=24501435}}</ref> According to Amit Rupapara et al., ''yoni-roga'' means "gynecological disorders" and ''yoni-varti'' means "vaginal suppository".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rupapara |first1=Amit |last2=Donga |first2=Shilpa |last3=Harisha |first3=CR |last4=Shukla |first4=Vinay |year=2014 |title=A preliminary physicochemical evaluation of Darvyadi Yoni Varti: A compound Ayurvedic formulation |journal=AYU |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=467–470 |doi=10.4103/0974-8520.159048 |pmc=4492037 |pmid=26195915 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The ''[[Charaka Samhita]]'' dedicates its 30th chapter in Chikitsa Sthana to ''yoni-vyapath'' or "gynecological disorders".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bhavana |first=KR |year=2014 |title=Medical geography in Charaka Samhita |journal=AYU |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=371–377 |doi=10.4103/0974-8520.158984 |pmc=4492020 |pmid=26195898 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Charaka-samhita: translated into English |year=1978 |volume=4 |pages=1852–1863 with footnotes |translator=Avinash Chandra Kaviratna }}, Quote: "Yoni literally means vulva, and vyapat means disease, but the term yonivyapat has been used in a larger sense - meaning all diseases of the female organs of generation manifested in vulva. The chapter [of Charaka Samhita] comprises treatment of the diseases of uterus, vagina [...]"</ref>

In sexuality-related Sanskrit literature, as well as Tantric literature, yoni connotes many layers of meanings. Its literal meaning is "female genitalia", but it also encompasses other meanings such as "womb, origin, and source".<ref name="Blackledge2004p45" /> In some Indic literature, yoni means vagina,<ref name="Blackledge2004p45" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Korda |first1=Joanna B. |last2=Goldstein |first2=Sue W. |last3=Sommer |first3=Frank |year=2010 |title=Sexual Medicine History: The History of Female Ejaculation |journal=The Journal of Sexual Medicine |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=1968–1975 |doi=10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01720.x |pmid=20233286}}</ref> and other organs regarded as "divine symbol of sexual pleasure, the matrix of generation and the visible form of Shakti".<ref name="Blackledge2004p45">{{Cite book |last=Blackledge |first=Catherine |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofv00cath |title=The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8135-3455-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/storyofv00cath/page/44 44]–45 |url-access=registration}}</ref>