Kamadhenu

Kamadhenu
/kah'meuh day"nooh/, n. Hindu Myth.
a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
[ < Skt kamadhenu, equiv. to kama love + dhenu cow]

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