क्षीरkṣīra

क्षीर (kṣīra) is a Sanskrit word meaning milk or thickened milk, the milky juice or sap of plants, having the head specified, water, the name of a grammarian, name of a plant. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Milk (animal origin, general use), Milky sap/juice of plants, Proper Noun (Person/Lineage).

Roots
श्यै (śyai), घस् (ghas), क्षर् (kṣar)
Definitions
19
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Meanings by context

Milk (animal origin, general use)

11 definitions
milk or thickened milk

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Milk. 2. Milky sap of plants.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Water. 2. Milk.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Water, milk, or frumenty. 2. A plant such as Asclepia rosea, euphorbia, or the mimosa tree.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Milk. 2. The milky juice or sap of plants. 3. Water.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Water. 2. Milk. 3. A small shrub, Asclepia rosea. 4. A tree, a species of Mimosa. 5. Gigantic swallow-wort. 6. Various kinds of spurge.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Milk

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

milk, including plant sap

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

milk

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Milk or thickened milk. 2. The milky juice or sap of plants. 3. The resin of the pine tree. 4. Water.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Milk

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Milky sap/juice of plants

2 definitions
the milky juice or sap of plants

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

having the head specified

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Noun (Person/Lineage)

2 definitions
the name of a grammarian

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an ancient sage and pravara of the Angiras family

The Purana Index

Specific plants named/associated with Kṣīra

2 definitions
Name of a plant

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

various plants containing a milky sap

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dish prepared with milk

1 definition
a dish prepared with milk

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Water

1 definition
water

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.