Kamadhenu

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Kamadhenu is the divine wish-fulfilling cow of Hindu mythology, revered as the mother of all cattle and a symbol of abundance and prosperity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamadhenu canonical 4
divine cow Nandini (in legends) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu mythological figure ⓘ
divine cow ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
associatedDeity Brahma ⓘ
Shiva ⓘ
Vashistha ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWith Brahmins ⓘ
Vedic rituals ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
auspiciousness ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
cows ⓘ
dharma ⓘ
food ⓘ
ghee ⓘ
milk ⓘ
sacrificial rites ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
bodyContains all gods ⓘ
all sacred rivers ⓘ
all worlds ⓘ
culturalRole emblem of agrarian prosperity ⓘ
model for gau puja (cow worship) ⓘ
prototype of all earthly cows ⓘ
describedAs cow of plenty ⓘ
wish-fulfilling cow ⓘ
epithet mother of all cows ⓘ
hasAbility grant any wish ⓘ
manifest warriors from her body ⓘ
produce all desired objects ⓘ
provide inexhaustible food ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs cow with a human female head ⓘ
cow with a peacock tail ⓘ
cow with various deities in her body ⓘ
cow with wings ⓘ
white cow ⓘ
originStory emerged from the Ocean of Milk during the Samudra Manthan ⓘ
sometimes said to reside in the hermitage of sage Vashistha ⓘ
otherName Surabhi ⓘ
parentOf Nandini ⓘ
many divine cows ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
symbolizes abundance ⓘ
all cattle ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
nourishment ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
veneratedAs sacred cow ⓘ
source of ritual offerings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samudra Manthan → featuresBeing → Kamadhenu ⓘ
Vashistha → possesses → divine cow Nandini (in legends) ⓘ
linked to: Kamadhenu
Kshira Sagara → producedFromChurning → Kamadhenu ⓘ
subject linked to: Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk)
Ocean of Milk → yields → Kamadhenu ⓘ
Jamadagni → possessed → Kamadhenu ⓘ