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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 58, col. 2.
    adhenu Tatpur. f. (-nuḥ) A cow that does not yield milk. E.

    a deter. and dhenu.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 23, col. 1.
    adhenu a-dhenu, us, us, u, Ved. yielding no

    milk or advantage; not nourishing.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 14.
    ádhenu f. a cow yielding no milk, fig. anything sterile.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 3.
    adhenu a-dhenu, f. cow giving no milk; a,
    barren.

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

    p. 23, col. 1.
    á-dhenu mfn. yielding no milk, RV. i, 117, 20; AV.
    p. 23, col. 1.
    not nourishing, RV. x, 71, 5.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 69.
    adhenu a. [na. ta.] (A cow) not yielding milk. adhenuṃ dasrā starthaṃ viṣaktām Rv.1.117.20; not nourishing adhenvā carati māyayā Rv.10.71.5.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 155.
    ádhenu (3. a + dhenu) adj.

    1) nicht milchend (von einer Kuh): adhênuṃ dasrā stàryaṃ1^\ viṣâktā̀mapînvataṃ śàyavê aśvinā̀ gām ṚV. 1, 117, 20. adhênavè vayâsè śarmâ yacchà catûṣpade AV. 6, 59, 1.

    — 2) übertr. nicht nährend, unfruchtbar: adhênvā carati mā̀yayaìṣa vācâṃ śuśrùvām̐ âphàlāmâpùṣpām ṚV. 10, 71, 5.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 47.
    á-dhenu, a., nicht milchend [dhenú]; daher 2) bildlich: unfruchtbar (parallel: aphalá, apuṣpá).

    -um [f.] 1) gā́m (staríam) {117,20}.

    -uā [I. f.] 2) māyáyā {897,5}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 35, col. 3.
    ádhenu f. eine nicht milchende Kuh GAUT. 9,19. Uebertr. so v.a. etwas Unfruchtbares.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 10, col. 1.
    ádhenu unfruchtbar (eig. Nicht-Milchkuh).

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 136, col. 2.
    adhenu strī na0 ta0 . dohanaśūnyāyāṃ gavi . adhenuṃ dasrā
    staryyamiti ṛ0 1, 117, 20, adhenum adrogdhrī-
    miti bhā0 .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    p. 49.