kéśa 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.