Adhenu: 6 definitions

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Adhenu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhenu (अधेनु).—a. [na. ta.] (A cow) not yielding milk. अधेनुं दस्रा स्तर्थं विषक्ताम् (adhenuṃ dasrā starthaṃ viṣaktām) Ṛgveda 1.117.2; not nourishing अधेन्वा चरति मायया (adhenvā carati māyayā) Ṛgveda 1.71.5.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhenu (अधेनु).—[feminine] a cow yielding no milk, [figuratively] anything sterile.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Adhenu (अधेनु):—[=a-dhenu] mfn. yielding no milk, [Ṛg-veda i, 117, 20; Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] not nourishing, [Ṛg-veda x, 71, 5.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhenu (अधेनु):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-nuḥ) A cow that does not yield milk. E. a deter. and dhenu.

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Adhenu in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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