dhenu धेनु dhenú mfn. milch, yielding or giving milk dhenú f. a milch cow or any cow, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. of names of animals also denoting the female of any species of khaḍga-, go-, vaḍava-) any offering or present to Brāhmans instead or in the shape of a cow (mostly ifc. [cf. ghṛta-, jala-, tila- &c.], where it also forms diminutives; cf. asi-, khaḍga-) metaph. = the earth, [MBh. xiii, 3165] pl. any beverage made of milk, [RV. iv, 22, 6] &c. dhenú n. N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] (also marutāṃ dh° and dhenu-payasī du.) dhenukā धेनुका dhénukā f. milch cow, cow any female animal (also a woman), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Śr.] & [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c. = dṛṣṭa-puṣpā, [Gal.] = dhenu ifc. to form dimin. [L.] a vein which when cut bleeds only at intervals, [Suśr.] coriander, [Bhpr.] (v.l. dhenikā) N. of the wife of Kīrti-mat (son of Aṅgiras), [VP.] of a river, [ib.] dhenuka धेनुक m. a kind of coitus, [L.] (cf. dhain°) N. of an Asura slain by Kṛṣṇa or Bala-bhadra, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] of a son of Dur-dama, [VP.] pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] n. N. of a herd of milch cows, [L.] N. of a place of pilgrimage, [MBh.] dhenumat धेनुमत् dhenu—mát mfn. containing or yielding a nourishing beverage, [RV.] containing the word dhenu, [AitBr.] dhenutva धेनुत्व dhenu—tva n. the state of being a cow, [Hcat.] dhenuṣyā धेनुष्या f. a cow whose milk has been pledged, [L.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 89]). dhenukāri धेनुकारि m. ‘enemy of Dh°’, Kṛṣṇa, [L.] a kind of small tree, [L.] dhenukara धेनुकर dhenu—kara m. Daucus Carota, [L.] dhenumatī धेनुमती dhenu—mátī f. N. of the wife of Deva-dyumna, [BhP.] dhenubhavyā धेनुभव्या dhenu—bhavyā f. about to become a milch cow, [Gaut.]; [Āpast.] dhenudugdha धेनुदुग्ध dhenu—dugdha n. cow's milk, [L.] a kind of gourd, [L.] dhenuṣṭarī धेनुष्टरी dhenu—ṣṭarī́ f. (fr. starī) a milch cow ceasing to give milk, [MaitrS.]; [Kāṭh.] dhenuṣyita धेनुष्यित dhenu°ṣyita mfn. one who has pledged the milk of his cows (?) g. tārakādi. dhenugoduha धेनुगोदुह dhenu—go-duha n. cow and milker, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 106], [Kāś.] dhenukavadha धेनुकवध dhenuka—vadha m. the killing of Dh° N. of ch. of [BrahmaP. iv.] dhenumbhavyā धेनुम्भव्या dhenu—m-bhávyā f. = °nu-bh°, [MaitrS.] ([Pāṇ. vi, 3, 70], Vārtt. 3). dhenudakṣiṇa धेनुदक्षिण dhenu—dakṣiṇa mfn. (sacrifice) whereat a cow is given as a fee, [ŚrS.] dhenukāśrama धेनुकाश्रम m. N. of a hermitage, [MBh.] dhenukādugdha धेनुकादुग्ध dhenukā-dugdha n. cow's milk, [L.] a kind of gourd, [L.] dhenumakṣikā धेनुमक्षिका dhenu—makṣikā f. horse-fly, gad-fly, [L.] dhenukasūdana धेनुकसूदन dhenuka—sūdana m. = -dhvaṃsin, [L.] dhenukadhvaṃsin धेनुकध्वंसिन् dhenuka—dhvaṃsin m. ‘slayer of Dhenuka’, Kṛṣṇa, [L.]