Kshitidhenu, Kṣitidhenu, Kshiti-dhenu: 3 definitions
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Kshitidhenu 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.
The Sanskrit term Kṣitidhenu can be transliterated into English as Ksitidhenu or Kshitidhenu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣitidhenu (क्षितिधेनु).—earth considered as a milchcow; राजन्दुधुक्षसि यदि क्षितिधेनुमेतां तेनाद्य वत्समिव लोकममुं पुषाण (rājandudhukṣasi yadi kṣitidhenumetāṃ tenādya vatsamiva lokamamuṃ puṣāṇa) Bhartṛhari 2.46.
Derivable forms: kṣitidhenuḥ (क्षितिधेनुः).
Kṣitidhenu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣiti and dhenu (धेनु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣitidhenu (क्षितिधेनु).—f. the cow-like earth, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 38.
Kṣitidhenu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣiti and dhenu (धेनु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣitidhenu (क्षितिधेनु):—[=kṣiti-dhenu] [from kṣiti > kṣi] f. the earth considered as a milch-cow, [Bhartṛhari ii, 38.]
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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