The corpus record — Sanskrit

retasa

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Distribution

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

Senses

1. رeتَس-

2. رeتَس-

Khot na ısı sehr zweifelhaft und die Bedeutung basıert aut der Fıimologie nanatB

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).

Attestations

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.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 2, scan p. 487; entry #3751 Review: Under source audit

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