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क्षीर kshīr, s.m. Milk (cf. shīr); thickened milk (cf. khīr); milky juice or sap (of plants); water:—kshīra-pa, vulg. kshīrap, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Drinking milk; who or what drinks milk;—an infant, babe, young child:—kshīrtoyadhi, or kshīr-sāgar, or kshīr-samudr, s.m. The ocean of milk (=kshīrod):—kshīr-sphaṭik, s.m. A precious stone, described as a kind of milky crystal (opal, or cat's-eye?):—kshīrkākolikā, s.f. A root from the Himālaya yielding a milky juice, a drug (oneof the eight principal medicaments of the Hindūs):—kshīr-may, adj. (f. -ī), Composed or consisting of milk; represented by milk:—kshīr-nidhi, s.m.=kshīrod (˚ra+uda), s.m. The ocean of milk (being one of seven seas surrounding as many worlds).