bīja
Bīja,(nt.) [cp.Vedic bīja] 1.seed,germ,semen,spawn.Used very frequently in figurative sense:see on similes J.P.T.S.1907,116.-- D.I,135 (°bhatta seed-corn & food); III,44 (the five kinds:see below under °gāma); M.I,457; S.I,21,134,172,227; III,54,91; IV,315; A.I,32 (ucchu°),135,223,229,239; III,404; IV,237; V,213 (ucchu°); Sn.77 (saddhā bījaṁ tapo vuṭṭhi,cp.SnA 142 sq.,where a detailed discussion on bīja is found),209,235 (khīṇa° adj.fig.); J.I,242 (tiṇa°-ādīni grass and other seeds),281; Pv.I,11; Vism.555 (in simile); KhA 194 (on Sn.235,in another comparison); Sdhp.24,270 sq.,318.nibbatta° (or nivatta°) (adj.) that which has dropped its seed (hence a lawful food) Vin.I,215,cp.II.109; IV,35.-- 2.element,in udaka° whose element is the water J.VI,160. --gāma seed-group,seed-kingdom,seed-creation (opp.bhūta-gāma).There are 5 kinds of seeds usually enumd,e.g.at D.I,5 (expld at DA.I,77,trsln at Dial.I.6 and passim),viz.mūla°,khandha°,phalu°,agga°,bija°,or plants propagated by roots,cuttings,joints,buddings,shoots,seeds (Dial.III,40:tubers,shoots,berries,joints,seeds).The same set occurs at D.III,44,47; Vin.IV,34; SnA 144.-- Without ref.to the 5 kinds at M.III,34; S.V,46; Miln.33.--jāta species of seed S.III,54.--bīja one of the 5 groups of edible or useful plants,falling under bījagāma.It is expld at Vin.IV,35 & DA.I,81 by the terms pubbaṇṇa (i.e.the seven dhaññāni or grains,sāli,vīhi,yava,godhūma,kaṅgu,varaka,kudrūsa) and aparaṇṇa (i.e.beans and other leguminous plants,and gourds such as mugga,māsa,tila,kulattha,alābu,kumbhaṇḍa).--sakaṭa a cart (-load) of seeds SnA 137.(Page 488)