Atreya a. ( yI f. ) [ atrerapatye Qak ] Belonging to, descended or sprung from, Atri. — yaH 1 A descendant of Atri. 2 The head of the descendants of Atri. 3 A priest closely related to the Sadasya. 4 An epithet of Śiva. 5 An essential humor or juice of the body, lymph. — yI 1 A female descendant of Atri. 2 The wife of Atri. 3 A woman in her courses ( rajasvalA ); Ms. 11. 87 ; Y. 3. 251. 4 Any woman of the Brāhmaṇical order. 5 N. of a river in the north of Bengal, also called Tistā.