kṣīra-dhātrī (5370)
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Entry 5370, Page 200, Col. 1 -
(kzIraDAtrI, kzIra-DAtrI)
kṣīra-dhātrī¦, wet-nurse (in Divy 475.13, 16 replaced by stana-dh°, q.v.), one of four kinds of nurses regularly provided for princes and rich men's sons: Mvy 9479; the others are standardly aṅka-dh° (aṃsa-dh°), mala-dh°, and krīḍanikā (dh°), qq.v. As a rule two of each sort, or eight in all, are provided, in a cliché common in Divy and Av: kṣīra° Divy 3.14; 58.12; 99.25; 271.19; 441.22; Av i.15.11 etc. But in Divy 475.12 only four, one of each kind, are provided; their functions are precisely defined 475.13 ff.
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