As a deity name
Name 506 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
only as much as is required for seed i.e. for the procreation of offspring or for the preservation of a family
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bījamātre" is the locative of "bījamātra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bījamātra" is derived from "bīja" with the mātrac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bīja n. (also written vīja, of doubtful origin; ifc. f(ā). ) seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals), seed-corn, grain, RV. &c. &c.
a runner (of the Indian fig-tree), Vcar.
bīja—mātra n. only as much as is required for seed i.e. for the procreation of offspring or for the preservation of a family, MBh.; R.; Pañcat.
N. of RV. ix; Bṛh.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bīja—mātra n. only as much as is required for seed i.e. for the procreation of offspring or for the preservation of a family, MBh.; R.; Pañcat.
N. of RV. ix; Bṛh.
bīja n. (also written vīja, of doubtful origin; ifc. f(ā). ) seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals), seed-corn, grain, RV. &c. &c.
a runner (of the Indian fig-tree), Vcar.
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