Shukra: One of the seven bodily constituents, mainly the ova and their supportive tissue
Siddhi: Spiritual perfection, being at one with reality. Siddhi often involves paranormal ability.
Female Shukr The shukra dhatu originating in the female body is termed as Aartava. There are two types of this : 1. The monthly aartava which is produced in the uterus each month, this is known as bahihpushpa.
Demi-god in Seventh Mahashukra (Name of heaven as per Jain cosmology)
Triprishtha Vasudeva - First Vasudeva of this half-time-cycle
Naraka in the seventh hell
A lion
Naraka in the fourth hell
A human being (Name unknown) ...
The complement to rajas is retas or shukra. The bindu retas is associated with the sperm of man but like rajas it more fundamentally refers to a constituent present in both men and women.
In Srimad Bhagavata, Shukracharya also says:
One who divides his income in five parts,
One part for dharma, for fame, for further increase,
For self-enjoyment and for dependants,
Remains pleased in this world and the next.
 See also: Mind, Pranayama, Yoga, Prana, Body
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