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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.