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kelकेल्cl. 1. P. kelati, to shake, tremble, [Dhātup. xv, 30]; to go or move, [ib.]; to be frolic-some, sport (cf. Prākṛt √ kīl = krīḍ), [W.]
kepकेप्cl. 1. Ā. kepate, to shake or tremble, [Dhātup. x, 7]; to go, [ib.] (cf. √ gep.)
kevकेव्cl. 1. Ā. kevate, to serve, attend to, [Dhātup. xiv, 39] (cf. √ sev.)
keśīकेशीkéśī f. a lock of hair on the crown of the head, [L.]
the Indigo plant, [L.]
Carpopogon pruriens, [L.]
another plant (bhūta-keśī), [L.]
N. of Durgā, [L.]
keśaकेशkéśa m. (√ kliś, [Uṇ.]; ifc. ā or ī, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 54]) the hair of the head, [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the mane (of a horse or lion), [MBh. i, 8008]; [Śak.], Sch.
a kind of perfume (hrīvera), [L.]
N. of a mineral, [VarBṛS. lxxvii, 23]
N. of Varuṇa, [L.]
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
of a Daitya, [L.]
of a locality, [Romakas.]
(pl.) the tail (of the Bos grunniens), [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 36], [Kāś.] (v.l. vāla)
n. ‘whose lord is Prajā-pati (see 3. ká)’, the lunar mansion Rohiṇī.
keśiकेशिm. (= °śin), N. of an Asura, [Hariv.]
(in comp. for keśín).
kekāकेकाf. the cry of a peacock, [MBh.]; [Mṛcch.]; [Megh.] &c.
kelīकेलीf. rarely for keli (play, sport).
kelaकेल°lu, a particular high number, [Buddh.]; [L.]
keliकेलिm. f. play, sport, amorous sport, pastime, amusement, [Mn. viii, 357]; [Mṛcch.] &c.
disguise, concealment, [Gal.]
f. the earth, [L.]
kenaकेनkéna instr. ind. (fr. 2. ká), by what? [ŚBr. iv]; [MBh. i, ch. 3]
whence? [MBh. xiii, 2167]; [R. vi, 12, 4]
how? why? [Pañcat.]; [Bhartṛ.]
kepiकेपिképi mfn. trembling, shaking, [RV. x, 44, 6]
unclean, [Nir. v, 24.]
kerāकेराf. a kind of plant, [Kauś.]
keruकेरुSee mahi-k°.
ketaकेतkéta m. (√ 4. cit) desire, wish, will, intention [‘wealth’, ‘atmosphere, sky’, [Sāy.]] [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
a house, abode, [BhP.]
mark, sign, [BhP. i, 16, 34]
apparition, shape, [Naigh. iii, 9.]
ketṛकेतृm. a partic. personification (perhaps Agni), [PārGṛ.]
ketuकेतुketú us, m. (fr. √ 4. cit), bright appearance, clearness, brightness (often pl., ‘rays of light’), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]
lamp, flame, torch, [ib.]
day-time, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
([Naigh. iii, 9]) apparition, form, shape, [RV.]; [PārGṛ.]
sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] &c.
a chief, leader, eminent person, [RV.]; [R. iv, 28, 18]; [Ragh. ii, 33]; [BhP.]
intellect, judgement, discernment (?), [RV. v, 66, 4]; [AV. x, 2, 12]
any unusual or striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star, [AdbhBr.]; [Mn. i, 38]; [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.] &c.
the dragon's tail or descending node (considered in astron. as the 9th planet, and in mythol. as the body of the demon Saiṃhikeya [son of Siṃhikā] which was severed from the head or Rāhu by Viṣṇu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the Amṛta), [Hariv. 4259]; [R.]; [VP.]
‘a pigmy race’, see -gaṇa below
disease, [L.]
an enemy, [L.]
N. of a son of Agni (author of [RV. x, 156]), [RAnukr.]
(with the patr. Vājya), [VBr.]
N. of a Dānava, [Hariv. 198]
of a son (of Ṛṣabha, [BhP. v, 4, 10]; of the 4th Manu, [viii, 1, 27])
aruṇā́ḥ ketávaḥ, ‘red apparitions’, a class of spirits (a kind of sacrificial fire is called after them āruṇaketuka, q.v.), [AV. xi, 10, 1 f.] and [7]; [TĀr.]; [MBh. xii, 26, 7.]
kevīकेवीf. id., [L.]
keśinकेशिन्keśín mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 2, 109]) having fine or long hair (said of Rudra [cf. kapardin], of his female attendants, of female demons, and of men), [AV. xi, 2, 18] (cf. [RV. x, 136, 1 ff.]), and [31]; [xii, 5, 48]; [xiv, 2, 59]
having a mane (as Indra's and Agni's horses), [RV.]
having tips (as rays or flames), [RV. i, 140, 8] and [151, 6]
keśín (ī), m. ‘N. of Rudra’ (see before)
of Viṣṇu, [L.]
‘a horse’ (see before)
a lion, [L.]
N. of an Asura slain by Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
of a son of Vasu-deva and Kauśalyā, [BhP. ix, 24, 47]
([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 165]) N. of Dārbhya or Dālbhya
keśyaकेश्यkéśya mfn. being in the hair, [AV. xiv, 2, 68]
suitable to the hair, [Suśr.]
kéśya m. (= °śa-rañjana) Eclipta prostrata, [L.]
kéśya n. black Aloe wood, [L.]
keñcaकेञ्चm. a kind of sparrow, [Gal.]
kekinकेकिन्m. (g. vrīhy-ādi) id., [Bhartṛ. i, 44]; [SkandaP.]
kenduकेन्दुm. a kind of ebony (Diospyros embryopteris), [L.]
keṇikāकेणिकाf. a tent, [L.]
keśādaकेशादm. ‘eating the hair’, N. of a parasitical insect, [Car.]; [Suśr.]
keśāliकेशालिm. ‘row of hair’, Eclipta prostrata (keśa-rañjana), [Npr.]
keśānīकेशानीf. a kind of creeper, [Kauś.]
keśāriकेशारिm. ‘enemy of the hair’, Mesua Ferrea, [L.]
keśabhūकेशभूkeśa—bhū f. ‘hair-ground’, head, [L.]
keśakaकेशकmfn. bestowing care upon the hair, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 66], [Kāś.]
keśaraकेशर&c. See késara.
keśariकेशरिm. (= °rin), N. of the father of Hanumat, [R. iv, 33, 14]
[vi]; [vii, 40, 7.]
keśavaकेशवkeśavá mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 2, 109]) having long or much or handsome hair, [AV. viii, 6, 23]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
keśavá (as), m. N. of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.
(hence) of the month Mārgaśīrṣa, [VarBṛS. cv, 14]
Rottleria tinctoria, [L.]
N. of the author of a lexicon called Kalpa-dru
of the author of the Dvaita-pariśiṣṭa
of the father of Govinda and Rucikara
of the father of Brāhma and uncle of Maheśvara
of the son of Viśva-dhara and brother of Kari-nātha
of the father of Vopa-deva.
keśavá , °śi, &c. See 1. kéśa.
keśaṭaकेशटmfn. ‘richly endowed with’, see madhu-
m. a goat, [L.]
a louse, [L.]
Bignonia Indica, [L.]
the parching arrow of Kāma (the god of love), [L.]
a brother (cf. mātṛ-), [L.]
N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]
N. of a man, [Kathās. cxxiii, 157.]
keśikīकेशिकीf. N. of the mother of Jahnu, [VP.]
keśikaकेशिकmfn. having fine or luxuriant hair, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 109]
m. the plant Asparagus racemosus, [L.]
keśinīकेशिनी(inī), f. N. of Durgā
(gaṇa kurv-ādi) N. of an Apsaras, [MBh. i, 2558]; [iii, 14562]
of a Rākṣasī, [Buddh.]
of the daughter of the king of Vidarbha (wife of Sagara and mother of A-samañjas), [Hariv. 797 ff.]; [R.]
of the wife of Ājamīḍha (Suhotra) and mother of Jahnu, [MBh. i, 3722]; [Hariv. 1416] and [1756]
of the wife of Viśravas and mother of Rāvaṇa and Kumbha-karṇa, [BhP. vii, 1, 43]
of a servant of Damayantī, [Nal. xxii, 1]
of the daughter of a Brāhman, [Buddh.]
Chrysopogon aciculatus, [L.]
Nardostachys Jaṭā-māṃsī, [L.]
(inī), f. See kaiśiná
(ínīs) f. pl. Ved. ‘the attendants of Rudra’ (see before)
‘N. of certain female demons’ (see before).
kecukaकेचुकmf(A) a plant with an esculent root (Colocasia antiquorum), [Suśr.] (vv.ll. kevuka and °vūka)
n. the esculent root of that plant, [L.] (cf. kacu, kacvī, kemuka, and kevuka.)
kedārīकेदारीf. N. of a Rāgiṇī
kedāraकेदारm. (n., [L.]) a field or meadow, especially one under water, [Mn. ix, 38] & [44]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
kapilasya k°, ‘Kapila's field’, N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh. iii, 6042 ff.]
mataṅgasya k°, ‘Mataṅga's field’, another Tīrtha, [8159]
a basin for water round the root of a tree, [L.]
a bed in a garden or field, [W.]
plain, area, [KātyŚr. xviii, 5, 4], Sch.
N. of a particular constellation, [VarBṛ.]
of a Rāga (in music)
of a mountain country (the modern Kedār, part of the Himālaya mountains, [W.]), [MBh. vi, 427]; [NandiP.]
N. of Śiva as worshipped in the Himālaya
of the author of a work entitled Abdhi
n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MatsyaP.]
of a Liṅga, [ib.]
(in the Himālaya), [ŚivaP.]
kedaraकेदरmfn. = kekara, [L.]
m. N. of a plant, [L.]
kekāṇaकेकाणN. of a locality.
kekāyaकेकायNom. Ā. °yate, to cry (as a peacock), [Vāsant.]
kekalaकेकलm. (for kelaka?) a dancer, [W.]
kekaraकेकरmfn. squint-eyed, [Mn. iii, 159] (v.l.), [VarBṛS. lxx, 19] (cf. kedara, ṭeraka.)
kekayīकेकयीf. a princess of that tribe (wife of Daśa-ratha and mother of Bharata), [R. ii, 70, 20] (cf. kaikeya.)
kekayaकेकयm. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
m. ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 2]and g. bhargādi) a chief of that tribe (prince of the solar race), [MBh. iii, 10284]; [R. ii]
kekeyīकेकेयीfor kaik°, q.v., [L.]
kekikaकेकिकm. id. g. vrīhy-ādi.
kelāsaकेलासm. crystal, [W.]
kelāyaकेलायNom. Ā. °yate (fr. √ krīḍ), to sport, play g. kaṇḍv-ādi.
°li, &c. See √ kel.
kelūṭaकेलूटn. a kind of pot-herb, [Car. i, 27]
= kemuka, or a kind of Udumbara, [Npr.]
kelakaकेलकm. a dancer, tumbler, one who walks or dances on the edge of a sword, [L.] (cf. kekala.)
kelikaकेलिकmfn. sporting, sportive, [W.]
the tree Jonesia Aśoka, [L.]
kelitaकेलितn. ifc., kali- = kelī-kalita, [Subh.]
kemukaकेमुकm. (= kecuka) Colocasia antiquorum, [Bhpr.]
Costus speciosus, [L.]
kenāraकेनारm. the head, [L.]
‘a skull’ or ‘the temples, upper part of the cheek’ (kapāla, or kapola), [L.]
a joint, [L.]
a division of hell, hell compared to a potter's kiln, [L.]
kenatīकेनतीf. N. of the wife of Kāma (the god of love), [L.]
kenavaकेनवm. N. of a teacher (pupil of Śākapūrṇi), [VP.]
kendraकेन्द्रn. (borrowed fr. Gk. κέντρον), the centre of a circle
the equation of the centre
the argument of a circle
the argument of an equation, [W.]
the distance of a planet from the first point of its orbit in the fourth, seventh, or tenth degree, [Sūryas.] &c.
the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansion, [VarBṛS.]; [VarBṛ.] (cf. dvitīya-k°, patana-k°, manda-k°, śīghra-k°.)
kenipaकेनिपkenipá m. a sage, [RV. x, 44, 4] (cf. āke-nipá.)
(accord. to some fr. keni [√ 3. ci] + pa, ‘attending to the worship or sacrifice’).
kerakaकेरकfor kerala, q.v.
keralīकेरलीf. a Kerala woman, [Kād.]
N. of an astronomical treatise, [L.]
a Horā or period of time equal to about one hour, [L.]
keralaकेरलm. pl. N. of the inhabitants of Malabar, [MBh.] (once keraka, [ii, 1173]), [Hariv.]; [R.]; [VarBṛS.]
m. (g. kambojādi) the king of the Keralas, [MBh. iii, 15250]
N. of a son of Ākrīḍa (from whom the people of Kerala is derived), [Hariv. 1836]
n. N. of the country inhabited by the Keralas, [MBh. vi, 352.]
kesarāकेसराkésarā (ā), f. id., [KātyŚr.] (kes°)
kesaraकेसरkésara n. the hair (of the brow), [VS. xix, 91]
késara (in classical literature usually keśara) m. or n. (?), the mane (of a horse or lion), [R.]; [Śak.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
késara (am), n. the tail of the Bos grunniens (used as a fan for driving away flies), [L.]
késara (as, [L.]; am), m. n. the filament of a lotus or of any vegetable, [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Śak.] &c.
késara n. a fibre (as of a Mango fruit), [Suśr.]
késara (as), m. the plants Rottleria tinctoria, Mimusops Elengi, and Mesua ferrea, [MBh. xiii, 5042]; [R.]; [Lalit.]; [Kum.]; [Megh.]
késara (am), n. the flower of those plants, [L.]
késara (as, ā, am), mfn. Asa foetida, [L.]
késara (am), n. gold, [L.]
sulphate of iron, [L.]
N. of a metre (of 4 × 18 syllables)
késara (as), m. N. of a mountain, [MBh. vi, 11, 23];
[cf. Lat. eoesaries; Angl.Sax. haer; Eng. hair; Germ. Haar.]
ketakīकेतकीf. (g. gaurādi, [Gaṇar. 46]) id., [Gīt.]; [Vet.]; [Sāh.]; [ŚivaP.]
ketakaकेतकm. the tree Pandanus odoratissimus, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Megh.] &c.
ketakiकेतकिf. metrically for °kī f., [Suśr.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [Gīt.]
ketanaकेतनn. a summons, invitation, [Mn. iv, 110]; [MBh.]; [MārkP.]
a house, abode, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.]
‘abode of the soul’, the body, [Gīt. vii, 5] (ifc. f(A). )
place, site, [Kathās. xxvi, 44]
sign, mark, symbol (of a deity), ensign (of a warrior), flag or banner (e g. vānara-k°, ‘one who has a monkey as his ensign or arms’, [MBh.]; see also makara-k°, &c.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh. ix, 38]
business, indispensable act, [Mālatīm.]
°taya, &c. See kéta.
ketapūकेतपूketa—pū́ mfn. purifying the desire or will, [VS. ix, 1] and [xi, 7]; [MaitrS. i, 11, 1.]
ketayaकेतयNom. P. °yati, to summon, call or invite, [MBh. xiii, 1596]; to fix or appoint a time, [L.]; to counsel or advise, [W.]; to hear, [Vop.]
ketitaकेतितmfn. called, summoned, [Mn. iii, 190]; [MBh. xiii, 1613] and [6233]
dwelt, inhabited, [W.]
ketubhaकेतुभketu—bha m. a cloud, [L.]
kevālāकेवालाf. ī, g. gaurādi (not in [Kāś.] & [Gaṇar.])
kevāsīकेवासीind. only in comp.
kevūkaकेवूकkevuka or °vūka = kecuka, q.v., [Car.]
kevalāकेवलाkévalā f. N. of a locality, [MBh. iii, 254, 10] (v.l. °lī)
kevalīकेवलीkévalī f. ‘the whole of a philosophical system’, see pāśaka-k°
N. of a locality (v.l. for °lā, q.v.)
kevalaकेवलkévala mf(A, I)n. (m. nom. pl. e, [RV. x, 51, 9]) (f. ī, [RV. x, 73, 6]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; ā, [Mn.] &c. See [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 30]) (n. in comp. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 49]) exclusively one's own (not common to others), [RV.]; [AV.]
alone, only, mere, sole, one, excluding others, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.] &c.
not connected with anything else, isolated, abstract, absolute
simple, pure, uncompounded, unmingled, [ŚBr.] &c.
entire, whole, all, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
selfish, envious, [L.]
kévala m. (= kelaka) a dancer, tumbler, [Gal.]
N. of a prince, [BhP. ix, 2, 30]
kévala n. the doctrine of the absolute unity of spirit
the highest possible knowledge (= kevala-jñāna), [Jain.]
N. of a country (v.l. kerala), [MBh. vi, 9, 34.]
kevaṭaकेवटkévaṭa m. a cave, hollow, [RV. vi, 54, 7] (cf. avaṭá.)
kevikāकेविकाf. N. of a flower (commonly kevera), [L.]
kevukaकेवुकor °vūka = kecuka, q.v., [Car.]
keyūraकेयूरn. a bracelet worn on the upper arm, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.] &c.
m. id., [Bhartṛ. ii, 16]
a kind of coitus
N. of a Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍ.]
keśāgraकेशाग्रn. the top of a hair, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
keśāmbuकेशाम्बुn. Pavonia odorata, [Bhpr.]
keśāntaकेशान्तm. (ifc. f(A). ) the border of the hair on the forehead, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [TUp.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]
long hair hanging down, lock of hair, tuft, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
cutting off the hair finally (as a religious ceremony performed upon Brāhmans at 16 years of age, Kṣatriyas at 22, and Vaiśyas at 24), [PārGṛ.]; [Gobh.]; [Mn. ii, 65]; [Yājñ. i, 36]
keśārhāकेशार्हाf. N. of a plant (mahā-nīlī), [L.]
keśadhṛtकेशधृत्keśa—dhṛt m. id., [L.]
keśaghnaकेशघ्नkeśa—ghna n. ‘destroying the hair’, morbid baldness, falling of the hair, [L.]
keśarinकेशरिन्or kesarin, mfn. having a mane, [MBh. i], [iii]; (ī), m. a lion, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.; a horse, [TBr.], Sch.; N. of an aquatic bird, [Car. i, 27]; the plant Rottleria tinctoria, [L.]; the plant Mesua ferrea, [L.]; a citron tree, [L.]; a variety of Moringa with red flowers (= rakta-śigru), [L.]; N. of a monkey (husband of the mother of Hanumat), [MBh. iii, 11193]; [R.]; [Daś.]; N. of a prince, [Lalit.]; of a mountain, [VP.] (iṇī), f. a lioness, [Kathās. lxx, 102.]
keśavatकेशवत्kéśa—vat (kéśa-), mfn. (= keśavá, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 109]) having long hair, [MārkP.]
having a mane, [RV. viii, 116, 5]
keśihanकेशिहन्keśi—han m. id., [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
kembukaकेम्बुकn. cabbage, [Car.]
the kernel of the Areca nut, [Npr.]
kendukaकेन्दुकm. another variety of ebony (yielding a species of tar, Diospyros glutinosa), [L.]
(in music) a kind of measure.
kesarinकेसरिन्keśarin or , mfn. having a mane, [MBh. i], [iii]; (ī), m. a lion, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Bhartṛ.] &c.; a horse, [TBr.], Sch.; N. of an aquatic bird, [Car. i, 27]; the plant Rottleria tinctoria, [L.]; the plant Mesua ferrea, [L.]; a citron tree, [L.]; a variety of Moringa with red flowers (= rakta-śigru), [L.]; N. of a monkey (husband of the mother of Hanumat), [MBh. iii, 11193]; [R.]; [Daś.]; N. of a prince, [Lalit.]; of a mountain, [VP.] (iṇī), f. a lioness, [Kathās. lxx, 102.]
, (also) N. of a Tathāgata, [Sukh. i].
ketasapकेतसप्keta—sáp m(nom. pl. -sA/pas)fn. obeying the will (of another), obedient [‘touching the sky’, [Sāy.]], [v, 58, 3].
ketumatकेतुमत्ketu—mát mfn. endowed with brightness, [AV.]
(interpolation after, [RV. viii, 56])
clear (as a sound), [RV. vi, 47, 31]; [AV. iii, 19, 6]
ketu—mát m. a Yakṣa, [Gal.]
N. of a Muni, [VāyuP.]
of a Dānava, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of a regent of the western part of the world (son of Rajas), [VP.]
of a son of Kṣema and father of Suketu, [Hariv. 1593]
of a son of Kṣemya and father of Varṣa-ketu, 1750
of a warrior, [MBh. ii, 122] and [127]
of a son of Dhanvantari, [BhP. ix, 17, 5]
of Ambarīṣa, [ix, 6, 1]
N. of a mountain, [Buddh.]
of a palace of Vāsu-deva's wife Sunandā, [Hariv. 8989]
kevalamकेवलम्kévalam ind. only, merely, solely (na kevalam — api, not only — but also, [Ragh.]; [VP.]; [Rājat.]; kevalam-na tu, only — but not, [Śṛṅgār.]), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
entirely, wholly, absolutely, [R. ii, 87, 23]
but, [Kād.]; [Hcar.]
(= nirṇītam) certainly, decidedly, [L.]
kevalinकेवलिन्mfn. alone, one, only, [W.]
m. ‘devoted to the doctrine of the absolute unity of spirit’, a meditative ascetic, [BhP. iv, 25, 39]; [vi, 5, 40]
‘possessing the kevala (-jñāna)’, an Arhat, [Jain.]