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Kshirada, ṣīr岹, Kshira-ada: 5 definitions

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Kshirada means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term ṣīr岹 can be transliterated into English as Ksirada or Kshirada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

ṣīr岹 (क्षीरा�) refers to “one sucking milk�, according to the Vāruṇ� Pūjā [i.e., Varuni Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary ū and 󲹲 practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, � in the mandala a passion called vajra, a milky ocean of the fluid Kha, By the idea of churning in ambrosia, in the beautiful ocean of sucking milk (ṣīr岹), In that arises the goddess of liquor, a beautiful pleasurable virgin, The same color as the rising sun, equally splendid as red lacquer�.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kshirada in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṣīr岹 (क्षीरा�).—an infant, a sucking child.

Derivable forms: ṣīr岹� (क्षीरादः).

ṣīr岹 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣīr and ada (अद).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣīr岹 (क्षीरद).—mfn.

(-岹�--岹�) What gives or yields milk. E. ṣīr. and da what gives.

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ṣīr岹 (क्षीरा�).—m.

(-岹�) An infant at the breast. E. ṣīr, and ada who feeds.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṣīr岹 (क्षीरद):—[=ṣīr-da] [from ṣīr] mfn. milk-giving, (anything) that yields milk, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) ṣīr岹 (क्षीरा�):—[from ṣīr] m. ‘sucking milk�, an infant at the breast, sucking child, [Horace H. Wilson]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṣīr岹 (क्षीरद):—[ṣīr-da] (da�-dā-da�) a. Yielding milk.

2) ṣīr岹 (क्षीरा�):—[ṣīr+岹] (岹�) 1. m. An infant.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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