Kshīra-dhenu

Kshīra-dhenu · kshīra-dhenu, “the cow of milk”

Grammar: feminine noun; a compound of kshīra (milk) and dhenu (a cow).

Meaning: a cow of milk, a dāna made in the form of a cow.

In the scriptures: in the Viśoka Dvādaśī vrata and the gift of the ten dhenus, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa names the ten cows that destroy pāpa to Yudhishṭhira: guḍa, ghṛta, tila, madhu, jala, kshīra, śarkarā, dadhi, rasa and the living cow. The kshīra-dhenu is the sixth (Uttara Parva, Chapter 84).

Related terms: Jala-dhenu

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 84