n. (replaced in the weakest forms by dh/an-[ ] : instrumental case etc. dhn/ā-dhn/e-, dhn/as-; locative casedhani-dhni-,[ in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' ] ) coagulated milk, thick sour milk (regarded as a remedy;differing from curds in not having the whey separated from it) etc.
दधि n. [दध्-इन्] 1 Coagulated milk, thick sour milk; क्षीरं दधिभावेन परिणमते Ś.B; दध्योदनः &c. -2 Turpentine. -3 A garment. -Comp. -अन्नम्, -ओदनम् boiled rice mixed with दधि; Y.1.289. -उत्तरम्, उत्तर- क(ग)म् the skim of curdled milk, whey. -उदः, -उदकः the ocean of coagulated milk. -कुल्या a stream of दधि; Rām.1.53.3. -कूर्चिका mixture of boiled and coagulated milk. -क्रा, -क्रावन् N. of a divine horse (personification of the morning sun); दधिक्रामग्निमुषसं च देवीम् Rv.1.11.1; दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोरश्वस्य वाजिनः Rv.4.39.6. -घनः curds; P.III.3.77. Kāśi. -चारः a churning-stick. -जम् fresh butter. -धेनुः f. a cow represented by दधि (offered to priests); Bhāva. P.2 168. -फलः the wood-apple (कपित्थ). -मण़्डः, -वारिः n. whey. -मन्थनम् churning coagulated milk. -शोणः a monkey. -सक्तु m. (pl.) barley-meal mixed with coagulated milk. -सारः, -स्नेहः fresh butter. -स्वेदः buttermilk.
दधिस्यति Den. P. To wish for curds; also दध्यस्यति.
दधीचः dadhīcḥ चिः ciḥ दध्यच् dadhyac
दधीचः चिः दध्यच् N. of a celebrated sage, who became ready to die, and offered his bones to the gods; with these bones the architect of the gods made a thunderbolt with which Indra defeated Vṛitra and other demons. -Comp. -अस्थि n. 1 the thunderbolt of Indra. -2 a diamond.
उदधिः See under 2. उदन्.
1. उदन् 2 P. (उद्-अन्) To breathe upwards, send out the breath in an upward direction (opp. अपान्); य उदानेन उदानिति स आत्मा सर्वान्तरः Bṛi. Up.3.4.1.
1. dhá put, III. dádhāti, v. 83, 1; supply with (inst.), ii. 35, 12; bestow, ipv. dhehí, x. 14, 11; dhattá, i. 85, 12; ii. 12, 5; x. 15, 7; dadhāta, x. 15, 4. [237] 7; dadhātana, x. 15, 11; dhattá̄m, iv. 51, 11; dadhantu, vii. 63, 6; perform, ipf. dhatta, i. 85, 9; bestow, s ao. sb. dhāsathas, i. 160, 5; establish,pf. dadhé, x. 129, 7; ds. desire to bestow, didhiṣanti, ii. 35, 5; support, dídhiṣāmi, ii. 35, 12 [Gk. τἰθημι]. ádhi- put on (acc.): pf. dadhire, i. 85, 2; ao. ádhita, x. 127, 1. á̄- deposit, root ao. sb. dhās, v. 83, 7. ní- deposit, root ao. dhātam, vii. 71, 5; ps. ao. ádhāyi, viii. 48, 10. pári- put around, vi. 54, 10. prá- put from (ab.) into (lc.), vii. 61, 3. ví- impose: pf. dadhur, iv. 51, 6; divide, ipf. ádadhur, x. 90, 11. purás- place at the head, appoint Purohita: pf. dadhire, iv. 50, 1.
m. Curd-tail (i. e. having a milk-white tail), N. of a jackal; -prishâtaka, a kind of mixture with curds; -bhânda, n. pot of sour milk; -manda, m. sour cream; -saktu, m. pl. meal mixedwith curds; -sambhava, a. produced from curdled milk.
‘Sour milk,’ is repeatedly mentioned in the Rigveda and later. The Satapatha Brāhmana3 mentions in order Ghrta (‘ clarified butter ’), Dadhi, Mastu, which Eggeling renders ‘ whey,’ and Amiksā, ‘ curds.’ Dadhi often has the meaning of ‘ curds ’ also. It was used for mixing with Soma.
noun (neuter) coagulated milk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the resin of Shorea robusta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thick sour milk (regarded as a remedy) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turpentine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a monkey; brother-in-law of Sugrīva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Yakṣa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a form of Śiva during the 8th parivarta
name of a king of Campā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince; son of Aṅga and father of Diviratha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ocean (in classical Sanskṛt only the ocean) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a great sea (4 in number) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the great ocean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a pill (vaṭī) Frequency rank 5335/72933
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