रेतस्

{ rētas }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रेतस्  n.  n. (√ रि, री) a flow, stream, current, flow of rain or water, libation, [RV.]; [AV.]
रेतः-√ सिच्   flow of semen, seminal fluid, sperm, seed, [RV.] &c. &c. ( or नि-√ सिच् or आ-√ धा with loc., ‘to discharge semen into’, impregnate; रेतो-√ धा, [A.], to conceive; रेतसो ऽन्ते, after the discharge of s°)

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रेतः √ सिच्

offspring, progeny, descendants, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
quicksilver (regarded as शिव's semen), [L.]
water, [L.]
sin (?), [Sāy.] on [RV. iv, 3, 7.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रेतस् [rētas]   [री-असुन् तुट् च [Uṇ.4.29.] ]
Semen virile, seed.
Ved. A flow, current.
Progeny, offspring.
Quicksilver.
Sin. (mostly Ved. in the last sense.). -Comp.
-धाः   [Uṇ.4.238] m. a father; रेतोधाः पुत्रो नयति नरदेव यमक्षयात् [Bhāg.9.2.22.]
-मार्गः   the seminal duct or canal.
-सेकः   sexual intercourse; रेतः- सेकः स्वयोनीषु ...... गुरुतल्पसमं विदुः [Ms.11.58.]
-स्खलनम्   effusion of semen.

Shabda-Sagara

रेतस्  n.  ( -तः)
1. The seminal fluid.
2. Quicksilver.
E. री to ooze, Unādi aff. असुन्, तुट् aug.

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री असुन् तुट्