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सनातन धर्म भूमिका

Meaning of "ghee"

Word

Ghee

Sanskrit

घृत

IAST

ghṛta

In General

Clarified butter; a main offering in Yajna

Veda

Clarified butter is considered as the shinning yield of the Cow, the ray of knowledge. It is the formed light of conscious knowledge in the mentality.

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