आभीरः [ābhīrḥ] [आ समन्तात् भियं राति, रा-क
[Tv.] ]
A cowherd; आभीरवामनयनाहृतमानसाय दत्तं मनो यदुपते तदिदं गृहाण Udb.; according to
[Ms.1.15] आभीर is the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa and a female of the Ambaṣṭha tribe.
(pl.) N. of a country or its inhabitants; श्रीकोंकणा- दधोभागे तापीतः पश्चिमे तटे । आभीरदेशो देवेशि विन्ध्यशैले व्यवस्थितः ॥
री A cowherd's wife.
A woman of the Ābhīra tribe.
The language of the Ābhīras; आभीरेषु तथा- भीरी (प्रयोक्तव्या)
[S. D.432.] -Comp.
-पल्लिः, -ल्ली f. f.,-पल्लिका a station or abode of herdsmen, a village inhabited by cowherds.