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dhenu

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.)