yoniruupaa

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This is the 22nd name in the shrii miinaaxii ashhTottaram. yoni

means source. SHE is the source of the cosmos. Like a spider

weaving a web out of itself, SHE is both the efficient and

material cause of this universe. While commenting on the name

iixanashR^ishhTaaNDakoTiH of trishatii, shankara comments:

 

"tadaikShata bahusyAM prajAyeya" [chandogya upaniShad 6-2-3]. He

saw (and desired) to become many and create. IkShAm chakre - He

saw. "AtmA vA idam eka agra eva AsIt nAnyat k.inchanamiShat sa

ekSata lokAnnu sR^ja | iti sa imAn lokA nasR^jata" [aitAreya

upaniShad 1-1]. In the beginning there was only AtmA. There was

no other agency. He saw (desired) and created them. These

shrutis indicate that brahman being both material and efficient

cause, without an other aid, created all this which is

inseparable from Him. Just like the spider weaves the web out of

its own body. This is also stated in the "prakR^itishcha

pratij~nAdR^iShTantAnuparodhAt" [brahma sUtra 2-4-23] For the

pot, potter is the efficient cause (nimitta) and clay is the

material cause (upadAna). But in the case of jagat, brahman is

both nimitta and upadAna kAraNa.

 

 

The term yoni can refer to the trikoNam in shriichakram, and

it represents HER.

 

AUM yoniruupaayai namaH