bīja (mn)
Meanings
- (Trika:) Vokal (<-> yoni)
- a runner (of the Indian fig-tree)
- algebra
- analysis
- any germ
- anything serving as a receptacle or support
- calculation of original or primary germs
- element
- grain
- marrow
- origin
- primary cause or principle
- quicksilver (?)
- seed (of plants)
- seed-corn
- semen (of men and animals)
- source
- the germ or origin of any composition (as of a poem)
- the mystical letter or syllable which forms the essential part of the Mantra of any deity
- the position of the arms of a child at birth
- truth (as the seed or cause of being)
a dhātu treated with nirvāhaṇa and showing certain features; of 2 sorts: śuddha - gold and silver, miśra - hemābhra, tārābhra etc.
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