Yoni is a Sanskrit word that has been interpreted to literally mean the “womb”, the “source”, and the female organs of generation. It also connotes the female sexual organs such as “vagina“, “vulva“, and “uterus“, or alternatively to “origin, abode, or source” of anything in other contexts. For example, the Vedanta text Brahma Sutras metaphorically refers to the metaphysical concept Brahman as the “yoni of the universe”. The yoni with linga iconography is found in Shiva temples and archaeological sites of the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, as well in sculptures such as the Lajja Gauri.