bīja

[mw] n. (also written vīja, of doubtful origin; ifc. f (A).) seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals), seed-corn, grain RV. &c 732,2 145385 n. a runner (of the Indian fig-tree) Vcar. 732,2 145386 n. any germ, element, primary cause or principle, source, origin (ifc. = caused or produced by, sprung from) ChUp.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 732,2 145387 n. the germ or origin of any composition (as of a poem, of the plot of a drama,...