धेनुdhenucow's milk.
Derived forms and compounds
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-दुग्धम्
- cow's milk.
- a kind of gourd (Marâthî चिबुड).
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-मक्षिका a gadfly.
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धेनुः dhēnuḥ, Feminine
- [धयति सुतान्, धीयते वत्सैर्वा, धे-नु इच्च Tv.]
- A cow, milch-cow; धेनुं धीराः सूनृतां वाचमाहुः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.31.
- The female of a species (affixed to the names of other animals in this sense); as खड्गधेनुः, वडवधेनुः etc.
- The earth. (Sometimes at the end of comp. धेनु forms a diminutive; as असिधेनुः, खड्गधेनुः).
- Any offering or present to Brāhmaṇa instead of or in the shape of a cow such as गुडधेनु, घृतधेनु, तिलधेनु, जलधेनु, क्षीरधेनु, मधुधेनु, शर्कराधेनु, दधिधेनु, रसधेनु, स्वरूपधेनु; Matsya Parasmaipada
- A mare; यथा धेनुः किशोरेण MS.7.4.7. (तद्यथा कृष्णकिशोरा धेनुरिति । यद्यपि धेनुशब्दो गोधेन्वां दृष्टप्रवृत्तिस्तथाप्यभि- धानसामान्यादश्वधेन्वामपि भागीति किशोरेण लिङ्गेन अश्वधेन्वां विज्ञायते । ŚB.).
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-दक्षिण Adjective (a sacrifice) whereat a cow is given as a fee.
