The corpus record — Sanskrit

retasa

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Where it lives

Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 20 · 2.65/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 3 · 0.64/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. رeتَس-

retas- n. Samenerguß [übertragen auch Regen, Opferguß’ u.a.] (RV +), retasvant- samenreich, befruchtend (YV), retasvinsamenreich (TS), retin- besamend (RV 10,40,11, AiGr I 2,330), raitasd- zum Samen gehörig (SB); in Kompp. ’retas- (sahäsra° [RV] u.a.), °reras-d- (agni” [$B]), °reta- (ürdhva? [Ar +], AiGr II 1,96). - Zu RAY. Zur Bildung s. AiGr 11 2,615f. (- srötas- : SRAY), KEWA IN 73; vgi H. Rix, IF 70 (1965) 45 … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. retas-, p. 487]

2. رeتَس-

retas- Khot na ısı sehr zweifelhaft und die Bedeutung basıert aut der Fıimologie nanatBaildet) scheint ein Schreibfehler für dvanı zu sein tSkj briefl ) REP „Mp freitan frh muß doch mit mar mp mivh- uppr verwandt sein und duher < ra deb-. wrdah- (nie Henning, Ver bum 5 173), obwohl das mp A dann an ılogisch erklar! werden muß" (Ski briefl } — [Mayrhofer, s.v. retas-, p. 864]

3. رeتَس

retas n. (√ ri, rī) a flow, stream, current, flow of rain or water, libation, RV. ; AV.

4. رeتَس

flow of semen, seminal fluid, sperm, seed, RV. &c. &c. (retaḥsic or nisic or ādhā with loc. , ‘to discharge semen into’, impregnate; retodhā, A. , to conceive; retasonte, after the discharge of s˚ )

5. رeتَس

offspring, progeny, descendants, TS. ; ŚBr.

6. رeتَسَ

retasa ( ifc. ) = retas ( cf. agni and kapotar).

In the wild

retasa Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.4
retasa Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,2.1
retasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.5
retaso Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.6
retasa Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.7
retasaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.7

6 of 25 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. retas (vol. 2, scan p. 487; entry #3751).

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