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Results for महिषी

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. महिषीmahiṣī1 A she-buffalo, buffalo-cow; Ms.9.55; माषानष्टौ तु महिषी सस्यघातस्य कारिणी Y.2.159.
    1. 1 A she-buffalo, buffalo-cow; Ms.9.55; माषानष्टौ तु महिषी सस्यघातस्य कारिणी Y.2.159.
    2. The principal queen, queen-consort; महिषीसखः R.1.48;2. 25;3.9.
    3. A queen in general.
    4. The female of a bird; सासज्जत शिचस्तन्त्यां महिषी कालयन्त्रिता Bhāg.7.2.52.
    5. A lady's maid, female servant (सैरन्ध्री).
    6. An immoral woman.
    7. Money acquired by the prostitution of one's wife; Compare माहिषिक<.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पालः a keeper of she-buffaloes.

    • -स्तम्भः a pillar adorned with a buffalo's head.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. महिषीmahiṣī[máhishî] f. female buffalo; (mighty princess), chief wife of a prince, queen-consort; sts. simply wife of a…

    [máhishî] feminine; also equal for female buffalo; (mighty princess), chief wife of a prince, queen-consort; sts. simply wife of a king: -bhâva, masculine con dition of a she-buffalo.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. महिषीmahiṣīf. see below.
    1. feminine see below.
    2. feminine a female buffalo, b buffalo-cow Breton Mn. MBh. etc.
    3. feminine any woman of high rank, (especially) the first or consecrated wife of a king (also plural) or any queen fg-veda etc.
    4. feminine the female of a bird BhP.
    5. feminine (with समुद्रस्य), Name of the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Hariv.
    6. feminine an unchaste woman or money gained by a wife's prostitution Lexicographers
    7. feminine a species of plant Lexicographers
    8. feminine Name of the 15th day of the light half of the month Taisha तैष Lexicographers
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  2. अग्रमहिषीagramahiṣīf. the principal queen R. Jain.

    feminine the principal queen R. Jain.

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  3. ग्राममहिषीgrāmamahiṣīf. a tame buffalo-cow Shad2vBr.

    feminine a tame buffalo-cow Shad2vBr.

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  4. देवराजमहिषीस्तोत्रdevarājamahiṣīstotran. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  5. धूममहिषीdhūmamahiṣīf. "smoke's wife", fog, mist L.

    feminine "smoke's wife", fog, mist Lexicographers

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  6. पट्टमहिषीpaṭṭamahiṣīf. = -देवी L.

    feminine Equivalent to -देवी Lexicographers

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  7. महिषीकन्दmahiṣīkandam. a species of bulbous plant (= महिष-क्˚) L.

    masculine gender a species of bulbous plant (Equivalent to महिष-क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Lexicographers

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  8. महिषीगोष्ठmahiṣīgoṣṭhan. a stable for buffalo-cows Pa1n2. 5-2, 29 Va1rtt. 3 Pat,

    neuter gender a stable for buffalo-cows Pa1n2. 5-2, 29 vArttika 3 Pat,

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