The Sanskrit term Kṣīrabhṛta can be transliterated into English as Ksirabhrta or Kshirabhrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣīrabhṛta (क्षीरभृत).—a. supported by milk (as a Gopāla); receiving wages in the form of milk; गोपः क्षीरभृतो यस्तु (gopaḥ kṣīrabhṛto yastu) Manusmṛti 8.231.

Kṣīrabhṛta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣīra and bhṛta (भृत).

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

Kṣīrabhṛta (क्षीरभृत).—[adjective] paid with milk.

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

Kṣīrabhṛta (क्षीरभृत):—[=kṣīra-bhṛta] [from kṣīra] mfn. supported by milk, receiving wages in the form of milk, [Manu-smṛti viii, 231]

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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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Partial matches: Bhrita, Kshira.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 8.231 < [Section XXXIX - Disputes between Owner and Keeper]

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