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yoniso

ind

1. properly; prudently; thoroughly; carefully; intelligently; lit. according to the source

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• yoni — root · source, womb, origin
  From IE *iwen- 'vital force'. Sanskrit yoni 'womb' and 'source' (both the origin of birth and of understanding). The image of tracing back to the generative source.
• so — ending · instrumental adverbial suffix
  Converts the noun into an adverbial form meaning 'by means of, in the manner of'; here 'according to the source/origin'.

Analysis. yoni- (source, origin, womb) + -so (instrumental suffix), lit. 'by way of the source': methodically, from first principles.

Etymology. yoni from √yaj (to be born, arise; cf. Sanskrit yoni 'womb, source', Latin iuvenis 'young', from IE *iwen- 'vital force, youth'); -so is the instrumental adverbial ending. The spatial image: tracing reasoning back to its root source rather than proceeding carelessly from surface symptoms.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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