a. (nī f.) 1 Possessed of seed, bearing seed.

2 (At the end of comp.) Of the seed or blood of. m. 1 The real father or progenitor (sower of seed) (opp. kṣetrin the owner or husband of the kṣetra or woman); see Ms. 9. 51 et seq.

2 A father in general.

3 The sun.