Kamadhenu

[ kah-muh-dey-noo ]

noun

, Hindu Mythology.

1. a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kamadhenu¹

< Sanskrit kāmadhenu, equivalent to kāma love + dhenu cow

Example Sentences

Mr. Laing once said: "India is the milch-cow of England," a Kamadhenu, in fact, a cow of plenty; and if that view should arise in Asia, the ownership of the milch-cow would become a matter of dispute, as of old between Vashishtha and Vishvamitra.

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