Ksheer
Ksheer is a Sanskrit word for milk. Ksheer is also the archaic name for sweet rice pudding, kheer.[1] Ksheer is used and perceived differently from normal milk, which is commonly known as Dugdha in Sanskrit. Ksheer is variably used for any liquid or watery substance as well. Ksheer is also used in Hindu mythology and cosmogony to describe the universal ether, Ksheer sagar.[2]
Usage in popular culture
- Kheer
- Sheer khurma
- Ksheer-sagar or milk ocean in Samudra Manthan
- Sheera as a sweet porridge, alternatively known as Halva.
- Sheermal
- Shirodhara, as an Ayurvedic therapy.
- Ksheer, brand name of dairy products produced by DS Group.[3]
- Ksirodakasayi Vishnu, expanded form of Vishnu, residing in Ksheer Sagar.
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