f. [sū-ktin] 1 Birth, pro- duction, parturition, delivery, child- bearing.

2 Offspring, progeny.

3 Source, fountain-head; tapasāṃ sūti- rasūtirāpadāṃ Ki. 2. 56.

4 A place where Soma juice is extracted Comp. aśaucaṃ impurity caused by child-birth in a family (which lasts for 10 days). gṛhaṃ the lying-in- chamber. māsaḥ (also sūtīmāsaḥ) the month of delivery, the last month of pregnancy.