Ghritadhenu, 骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻, Ghrita-dhenu: 5 definitions
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Ghritadhenu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻 can be transliterated into English as Ghrtadhenu or Ghritadhenu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻 (啶樴啶むぇ啷囙え啷�).鈥擣it for a gift during the Vi艣okadv膩da艣墨vratam.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 82. 18.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary驳丑峁泃补dh膿nu (啶樴啶むぇ啷囙え啷�).鈥攆 (S Cow of ghee.) A quantity of clarified butter, which is assumed to be a cow, is worshiped as such, and then given to a Brahman.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻 (啶樴啶むぇ啷囙え啷�).鈥攇hee in the shape of milch-cow.
Derivable forms: 驳丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻岣� (啶樴啶むぇ啷囙え啷佮).
骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 驳丑峁泃补 and dhenu (啶о啶ㄠ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary骋丑峁泃补诲丑别苍耻 (啶樴啶むぇ啷囙え啷�):鈥擺=驳丑峁泃补-dhenu] [from 驳丑峁泃补 > gh峁�] f. ghee in the shape of a milch-cow, [Bhavi峁a-pur膩峁嘺, kha峁囜笉a 1 & 2: bhavi峁a-pur膩峁嘺 & bhavi峁ottara-pur膩峁嘺; Hem膩dri鈥檚 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Ghrita, Dhenu.
Full-text: Dhenu.
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