"बीज" meaning in Sanskrit

See बीज in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bíː.d͡ʑɐ/ [Vedic], /biː.d͡ʑɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|inh=1}}, {{etymon|sa|inh|iir-pro>*bíHȷ́am>seed|id=seed}}, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*bíHȷ́am||seed, semen}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”), {{cog|sog|t=seed, semen|tr=byz'k}} Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), {{cog|prc|bīz||seed-corn}} Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=bī́ja}} बीज • (bī́ja) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|bī́ja}} Forms: bī́ja [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], बीजम् [nominative, singular], बीजे [dual, nominative], बीजानि [nominative, plural], बीजा1 [nominative, plural], बीजम् [accusative, singular], बीजे [accusative, dual], बीजानि [accusative, plural], बीजा1 [accusative, plural], बीजेन [instrumental, singular], बीजाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], बीजैः [instrumental, plural], बीजेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], बीजाय [dative, singular], बीजाभ्याम् [dative, dual], बीजेभ्यः [dative, plural], बीजात् [ablative, singular], बीजाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], बीजेभ्यः [ablative, plural], बीजस्य [genitive, singular], बीजयोः [dual, genitive], बीजानाम् [genitive, plural], बीजे [locative, singular], बीजयोः [dual, locative], बीजेषु [locative, plural], बीज [singular, vocative], बीजे [dual, vocative], बीजानि [plural, vocative], बीजा1 [plural, vocative]
  1. seed
    Sense id: en-बीज-sa-noun-GbJYVuHB
  2. semen
    Sense id: en-बीज-sa-noun-LDLBVs8a
  3. grain
    Sense id: en-बीज-sa-noun-LCJAIXtk
  4. origin
    Sense id: en-बीज-sa-noun-GB~dRvxK Categories (other): Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 19 19 19 25 19 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 10 61 10 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 11 11 11 55 11 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 11 11 56 11
  5. algebra
    Sense id: en-बीज-sa-noun-7HUtHRC2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Dardic): bíyak
Disambiguation of 'Dardic': 0 0 0 0 0
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "Dardic",
      "word": "bíyak"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Kalasha: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kalasha: bi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khw",
            "2": "بی",
            "tr": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Khowar: بی (bi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khowar: بی (bi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scl",
            "2": "बीँ",
            "tr": "bī̃"
          },
          "expansion": "Shina: बीँ (bī̃)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shina: बीँ (bī̃)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trw",
            "2": "بِژ",
            "tr": "biž"
          },
          "expansion": "Torwali: بِژ (biž)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Torwali: بِژ (biž)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "بیول"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: بیول (byōl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: بیول (byōl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-nur-pro",
            "2": "*bī́ya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Nuristani: *bī́ya",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Nuristani: *bī́ya (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pgd",
            "2": "𐨦𐨁𐨩"
          },
          "expansion": "Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mah",
            "2": "𑀩𑀻𑀅"
          },
          "expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-niy",
            "2": "𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹"
          },
          "expansion": "Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "bīja"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: bīja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: bīja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "બી",
            "3": "બીયું"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "बीआ",
            "3": "बीया"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "बीउ"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: बीउ (bīu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: बीउ (bīu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਬੀ"
          },
          "expansion": "Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*bíHȷ́am>seed",
        "id": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*bíHȷ́am",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seed, semen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "seed, semen",
        "tr": "byz'k"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prc",
        "2": "bīz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "seed-corn"
      },
      "expansion": "Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bī́ja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजम्",
      "roman": "bī́jam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजम्",
      "roman": "bī́jam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेन",
      "roman": "bī́jena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजैः",
      "roman": "bī́jaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभिः1",
      "roman": "bī́jebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाय",
      "roman": "bī́jāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभ्यः",
      "roman": "bī́jebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजात्",
      "roman": "bī́jāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभ्यः",
      "roman": "bī́jebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजस्य",
      "roman": "bī́jasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजयोः",
      "roman": "bī́jayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानाम्",
      "roman": "bī́jānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजयोः",
      "roman": "bī́jayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेषु",
      "roman": "bī́jeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीज",
      "roman": "bī́ja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "bī́ja"
      },
      "expansion": "बीज • (bī́ja) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bī́ja"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Grant to us the bounty, that which we implore, through which, for child and progeny,\nYe give the seed of corn that does not die, and bliss that reaches to all life.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.53.13",
          "roman": "asmabhyaṃ taddhattana yadva īmahe rādho viśvāyu saubhagam.",
          "text": "येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्यं बीजं वहध्वे अक्षितम् ।\nअस्मभ्यं तद्धत्तन यद्व ईमहे राधो विश्वायु सौभगम् ॥\nyena tokāya tanayāya dhānyaṃ bījaṃ vahadhve akṣitam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seed"
      ],
      "id": "en-बीज-sa-noun-GbJYVuHB",
      "links": [
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "semen"
      ],
      "id": "en-बीज-sa-noun-LDLBVs8a",
      "links": [
        [
          "semen",
          "semen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grain"
      ],
      "id": "en-बीज-sa-noun-LCJAIXtk",
      "links": [
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 19 25 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 61 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 11 55 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 11 56 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The origin I am of all beings, everlasting",
          "ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 7.10",
          "roman": "bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sanātanam",
          "text": "बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "origin"
      ],
      "id": "en-बीज-sa-noun-GB~dRvxK",
      "links": [
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "algebra"
      ],
      "id": "en-बीज-sa-noun-7HUtHRC2",
      "links": [
        [
          "algebra",
          "algebra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bíː.d͡ʑɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biː.d͡ʑɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बीज"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Sogdian terms",
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Dardic",
      "word": "bíyak"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kls",
            "2": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Kalasha: bi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kalasha: bi"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khw",
            "2": "بی",
            "tr": "bi"
          },
          "expansion": "Khowar: بی (bi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khowar: بی (bi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scl",
            "2": "बीँ",
            "tr": "bī̃"
          },
          "expansion": "Shina: बीँ (bī̃)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shina: बीँ (bī̃)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "trw",
            "2": "بِژ",
            "tr": "biž"
          },
          "expansion": "Torwali: بِژ (biž)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Torwali: بِژ (biž)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "بیول"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: بیول (byōl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: بیول (byōl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-nur-pro",
            "2": "*bī́ya",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Nuristani: *bī́ya",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Nuristani: *bī́ya (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pgd",
            "2": "𐨦𐨁𐨩"
          },
          "expansion": "Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mah",
            "2": "𑀩𑀻𑀅"
          },
          "expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-niy",
            "2": "𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹"
          },
          "expansion": "Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "bīja"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: bīja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: bīja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "બી",
            "3": "બીયું"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "बीआ",
            "3": "बीया"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "बीउ"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: बीउ (bīu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: बीउ (bīu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਬੀ"
          },
          "expansion": "Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*bíHȷ́am>seed",
        "id": "seed"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*bíHȷ́am",
        "4": "",
        "5": "seed, semen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sog",
        "t": "seed, semen",
        "tr": "byz'k"
      },
      "expansion": "Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prc",
        "2": "bīz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "seed-corn"
      },
      "expansion": "Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bī́ja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजम्",
      "roman": "bī́jam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजम्",
      "roman": "bī́jam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेन",
      "roman": "bī́jena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजैः",
      "roman": "bī́jaiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभिः1",
      "roman": "bī́jebhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाय",
      "roman": "bī́jāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभ्यः",
      "roman": "bī́jebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजात्",
      "roman": "bī́jāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bī́jābhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेभ्यः",
      "roman": "bī́jebhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजस्य",
      "roman": "bī́jasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजयोः",
      "roman": "bī́jayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानाम्",
      "roman": "bī́jānām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजयोः",
      "roman": "bī́jayoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजेषु",
      "roman": "bī́jeṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीज",
      "roman": "bī́ja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजे",
      "roman": "bī́je",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजानि",
      "roman": "bī́jāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "बीजा1",
      "roman": "bī́jā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "bī́ja"
      },
      "expansion": "बीज • (bī́ja) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bī́ja"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Grant to us the bounty, that which we implore, through which, for child and progeny,\nYe give the seed of corn that does not die, and bliss that reaches to all life.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.53.13",
          "roman": "asmabhyaṃ taddhattana yadva īmahe rādho viśvāyu saubhagam.",
          "text": "येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्यं बीजं वहध्वे अक्षितम् ।\nअस्मभ्यं तद्धत्तन यद्व ईमहे राधो विश्वायु सौभगम् ॥\nyena tokāya tanayāya dhānyaṃ bījaṃ vahadhve akṣitam."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "semen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semen",
          "semen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The origin I am of all beings, everlasting",
          "ref": "c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 7.10",
          "roman": "bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sanātanam",
          "text": "बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "algebra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "algebra",
          "algebra"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bíː.d͡ʑɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biː.d͡ʑɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "बीज"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: Kalasha: bíyak desc=Kalasha rest=bíyak cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
  "path": [
    "बीज"
  ],
  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "बीज",
  "trace": ""
}

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