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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
retasरेतस्rétas n. (√ ri, rī) a flow, stream, current, flow of rain or water, libation, [RV.]; [AV.]
flow of semen, seminal fluid, sperm, seed, [RV.] &c. &c. (retaḥ-√ sic or ni-√ sic or ā-√ dhā with loc., ‘to discharge semen into’, impregnate; reto-√ dhā, [A.], to conceive; retaso 'nte, after the discharge of semen)
offspring, progeny, descendants, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
quicksilver (regarded as Śiva's semen), [L.]
water, [L.]
sin (?), [Sāy.] on [RV. iv, 3, 7.]
retasaरेतस(ifc.) = retas (cf. agni- and kapota-r°).
retasyāरेतस्याf. (with or without ṛc) N. of the first verse of the Bahiṣ-pavamāna Stotra, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [Lāṭy.]
retasyaरेतस्यmf(A)n. conveying seed, [AitBr.]
retasvatरेतस्वत्rétas—vat (rétas-), mfn. possessed of seed, prolific, impregnating, [MaitrS.]
rétas—vat m. N. of Agni, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
retasvinरेतस्विन्retas—vín mfn. abounding in seed, prolific, productive, [TS.]