Shukra dhatu: Difference between revisions
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==Etymology and derivation: == | ==Etymology and derivation: == | ||
It is derived from the Sanskrit root-word “shuch” meaning brightness, clearness, light, flame, glow, heat etc. | It is derived from the Sanskrit root-word “shuch” meaning brightness, clearness, light, flame, glow, heat etc. <ref>Monier Williams (1899), “शुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1081.</ref> | ||
The term is used to denote any clear liquid, juice, the essence of anything, semen virile, seed of animals (male and female), and sperm. | The term is used to denote any clear liquid, juice, the essence of anything, semen virile, seed of animals (male and female), and sperm. | ||
==Synonyms: == | ==Synonyms: == | ||