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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dhātreyikā (धात्रेयिका).—A maid of Pāñcālī during the time of the forest life of the Pāṇḍavas. It was this maid who informed the Pāṇḍavas that Jayadratha had kidnapped Pāñcālī. (Mahābhārata Vana Parva, Chapter 269, Stanza 16).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhātreyikā (धात्रेयिका).—

1) A foster-sister; धात्रेयिकायाश्चतुरं वचश्च (dhātreyikāyāścaturaṃ vacaśca) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.33; कथितमेव नो मालतीधात्रेय्या लवङ्गिकया (kathitameva no mālatīdhātreyyā lavaṅgikayā) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.269.9,1,16.

2) A nurse, wet-nurse.

See also (synonyms): dhātreyī.

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

Dhātreyikā (धात्रेयिका).—i. e. dhātrī + eya + ka, f. A foster-sister, [Draupadīpramātha] 6, 9.

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

Dhātreyikā (धात्रेयिका).—[feminine] foster-sister.

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

1) Dhātreyikā (धात्रेयिका):—[from dhā] f. foster-sister (a sort of confidante), [Mahābhārata; Bālarāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] wet-nurse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] female slave, [Nīlakaṇṭha]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhatreyika 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhātrēyika (ಧಾತ್ರೇಯಿಕ):—[noun] a boy as related to another who has been fostered by his mother; a foster-brother.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Full-text: Dhatreyi, Anunayika.

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