Gudadhenu, Guḍadhenu, Guda-Dhenu: 7 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexGuḍadhenu (गुडधेनु).—A sugar-cow gift connected with Viśokadvādaśivratam. Nine other dhenus are mentioned for this. Jaggery as one of the gifts, ety. guḍācala.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 81. 27; 82. 2-31; 83. 5; 85. 1.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGuḍadhenu (गुडधेनु).—f. a milch-cow symbolically represented by molasses and offered as a present to Brāhmaṇas.
Derivable forms: guḍadhenuḥ (गुडधेनुः).
Guḍadhenu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guḍa and dhenu (धेनु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuḍadhenu (गुडधेनु).—f.
(-nuḥ) Sugar piled up for distribution at certain religious rites. E. guḍa and dhenu a cow.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuḍadhenu (गुडधेनु):—[=guḍa-dhenu] [from guḍa] f. a sugar-cow (presented to Brāhmans), [Padma-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuḍadhenu (गुडधेनु):—[guḍa-dhenu] (nuḥ) 2. m. Sugar piled for distribution at ceremonies.
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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: Dhenu, Guda, Tenu.
Full-text: Vishokadvadashivrata, Ratnadhenu, Dhenu.
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