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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 267, col. 2.
    abhivānyavatsā Bahuvr. f. (-tsā) (ved.) A cow who (has

    lost her own calf and) suckles another; Aitareya Br.: abhi-

    vānyavatsāyāḥ payasā juhuyādanyadivaitatpayo yadabhivānyavatsā-

    yā anyadivaitadagnihotraṃ yatpretasya (Sāyaṇa: vā gatigandhayo-

    riti dhātorabhipūrvasyābhivā iti rūpam . anyaścāsau vatsaścā-

    nyavatsaḥ . abhiprāpto'nyavatso yasya goḥ seyamabhivānyavatsā

    poṣaṇādiprakāreṇopasthitetyarthaḥ). Comp. abhivānyā. A less

    correct reading is apivānyavatsā. E. doubtful; acc. to Sā-

    yaṇa as quoted: abhivā (i. e. obtained) and anya-vatsa.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 69, col. 1.
    abhi-vānyā̂ [TBr.] or abhivānya-vatsā [AitBr.] (or apivānya-vatsā [Kauś.]), f. cow who suckles an adopted calf (cf. also ni-vānyā̂, &c.)

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 347.
    abhivānyavatsā (von abhivānya [von van mit abhi] + vatsa) f. (sc. go) eine Kuh, die ein angewöhntes (fremdes) Kalb nährt: abhivānyavatsāyāḥ payasā juhuyādanyadivaitatpayo yadabhivānyavatsāyā anyadivaitadagnihotraṃ yatpretasya AIT. BR. 7, 2. Daneben die Form apivānyavatsā KAUŚ. 80. 82.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 89, col. 1.
    abhivānyavatsā und abhivānyā̂ f. eine Kuh , die ein angewöhntes (fremdes) Kalb nährt.