The Sanskrit term Kṣīradhenu can be transliterated into English as Ksiradhenu or Kshiradhenu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣīradhenu (क्षीरधेनु).—f. a milch cow.

Derivable forms: kṣīradhenuḥ (क्षीरधेनुः).

Kṣīradhenu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣīra and dhenu (धेनु).

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

Kṣīradhenu (क्षीरधेनु):—[=kṣīra-dhenu] [from kṣīra] f. a milk-cow (symbolically represented by milk etc. offered as a gift to a Brāhman), [Varāha-purāṇa; Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]

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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: Kshira, Dhenu, Tenu.

Full-text: Dhenu.

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