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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. रेतस्retasSemen virile, seed.

    [री-असुन् तुट् च Uṇ.4.29.]

    1. Semen virile, seed.
    2. Vedic A flow, current.
    3. Progeny, offspring.
    4. Quicksilver.
    5. Sin. (mostly Vedic in the last sense.).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -धाः Uṇ.4.238 Masculine 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.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. रेतस्retas[ré-tas] n. [√ri] effusion, stream (V.); libation (RV.); effusion of semen; semen virile; seed, offspring…

    [ré-tas] neuter [√ri] effusion, stream (Veda, Vedic); libation (Rig-veda); effusion of semen; semen virile; seed, offspring, generation: reta so~nte, after the effusion of semen.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. रेतस्retasn. (√रि, री) a flow, stream, current, flow of rain or water, libation RV. AV.
    1. neuter gender (√रि, री) a flow, stream, current, flow of rain or water, libation fg-veda AV.
    2. neuter gender flow of semen, seminal fluid, sperm, seed fg-veda etc. (रेतः-√सिच् or नि-√सिच् or आ-√धा with locative case, "to discharge semen into", impregnate; रेतो-√धा A., to conceive; रेतसो न्ते, after the discharge of s semen)
    3. neuter gender offspring, progeny, descendants TS. S3Br.
    4. neuter gender quicksilver (regirded as S3iva शिव 's semen) Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender water Lexicographers
    6. neuter gender sin (?) Sa1y. on fg-veda iv, 3, 7.
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  2. अरेतस्aretasmfn. not receiving seed S3Br. xiv.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not receiving seed S3Br. xiv.

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  3. अरेतस्कaretaskamfn. seedless S3Br.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective seedless S3Br.

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  4. उग्ररेतस्ugraretasm. a form of Rudra रुद्र BhP.

    masculine gender a form of Rudra रुद्र BhP.

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  5. ऊर्ध्वरेतस्ūrdhvaretasmfn. keeping the semen above, living in chastity Gaut. MBh. Hariv. Katha1s. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective keeping the semen a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page), living in chastity Gaut. MBh. Hariv. Katha1s. etc.
    2. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव MBh. xiii
    3. masculine gender of Bhi1shma भीष्म Lexicographers
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  6. ऊर्ध्वरेतस्तीर्थūrdhvaretastīrthan. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ .

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ .

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  7. कुम्भरेतस्kumbharetasn. semen virile deposited in a Kumbha कुम्भ MBh. xiii, 7372
    1. neuter gender semen virile deposited in a Kumbha कुम्भ MBh. xiii, 7372
    2. masculine gender a form of Agni अग्नि MBh. iii, 14139.
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  8. कृशानुरेतस्kṛśānuretasm. "whose semen virile is fire", N. of S3iva शिव L.

    masculine gender "whose semen virile is fire", Name of S3iva शिव Lexicographers

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