1 Seed(fig. also), seed- corn, grain; araṇyabījāṃjalidānalā- litāḥ Ku. 5. 15; bījāṃjaliḥ patati kīṭamukhāvalīḍhaḥ Mk. 1. 9; R. 19. 57; Ms. 9. 33.

2 A germ, element.

3 Origin, source, cause; bījaprakṛtiḥ Ś. 1. 1 v. 1.

4 Semen virile; Ku. 2. 5, 60.

5 The seed or germ of the plot of a play, story &c.; see S. D. 318.

6 Marrow.

7 Algebra.

8 The mystical letter forming the essential part of the M antra of a...