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"english": "The Bull is bellowing; the Cows are coming near: the Goddesses approach the God's own resting-place.",
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"text": "उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।"
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"any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow"
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"the earth"
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"roman": "ukṣā mimāti prati yanti dhenavo devasya devīrupa yanti niṣkṛtam .",
"text": "उक्षा मिमाति प्रति यन्ति धेनवो देवस्य देवीरुप यन्ति निष्कृतम् ।"
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{
"glosses": [
"any offering or present to Brahmans instead or in the shape of a cow"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the earth"
],
"links": [
[
"earth",
"earth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) the earth"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʱɐj.nú/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd̪ʱeː.n̪u/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "धेनु"
}
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit adjectives",
"Sanskrit adjectives in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit feminine nouns",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit u-stem nouns"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra-mah",
"2": "𑀥𑁂𑀡𑀼"
},
"expansion": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑁂𑀡𑀼 (dheṇu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑁂𑀡𑀼 (dheṇu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "dhenu"
},
"expansion": "Pali: dhenu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Pali: dhenu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "धेनु",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: धेनु (dhenu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: धेनु (dhenu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "ధేనువు",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Telugu: ధేనువు (dhēnuvu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Telugu: ధేనువు (dhēnuvu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inc-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*dʰa(H)inúš",
"4": "",
"5": "milch cow"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš (“milch cow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰeh₁(y)-",
"4": "",
"5": "to suckle, nurse"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰa(H)inúš (“milch cow”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dhenú",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"tr": "dhenú"
},
"expansion": "धेनु • (dhenú) stem",
"name": "sa-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"milch, yielding or giving milk"
],
"links": [
[
"milch",
"milch"
],
[
"milk",
"milk"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʱɐj.nú/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈd̪ʱeː.n̪u/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
}
],
"word": "धेनु"
}
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