पृश्नि mfn. mfn. (
[Uṇ. iv, 52] ) variegated, dappled, piebald, speckled, spotted (said
esp. of cows, serpents, frogs &c.),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] ;
[Br.] ;
[ŚrS.] ;
[MBh.] (
pl. ) manifold, different (as desires),
[TS.] dwarfish, thin, small,
[L.] पृश्नि m. m.N. of a prince (the father of
श्वफल्क),
[Hariv.] ;
[VP.] °नयो ऽजाह् (
pl. )
N. of a family of
ऋषिs,
[MBh.] (, the supposed authors of
[RV. ix, 86, 31-40] ;
[Anukr.] )
पृश्नि f. f. a dappled cow (
fig. = milk, the earth, a cloud, the starry sky),
[RV.] ;
[MBh.] a ray of light,
[L.] N. of the mother of the
मरुत्s,
[RV.] of the wife of
सवितृ,
[BhP.] of the wife of king
सु-तपस् (who in a former birth under the name of
देवकी was mother of
कृष्ण),
ib.पृश्नि n. n. (with
भरद्-वाजस्य)
N. of 2
सामन्s,
[ĀrṣBr.] पृश्नि [
cf. √
पृष्;
Gk. περκνός.]