Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry केतु

केतुketuA flag, banner; चीनांशुकमिव केतोः प्रतिवातं नीयमानस्य Ś.1.33;
[चाय्-तु की आदेशः Uṇ.1.73]
1. A flag, banner; चीनांशुकमिव केतोः प्रतिवातं नीयमानस्य Ś.1.33;
2. A chief, head, leader, foremost, any eminent person (Often times at the end of comp.); मनुष्यवाचा मनुवंशकेतुम् R.2.33;14.7; कुलस्य केतुः स्फीतस्य (राघवः) Rām.
3. A comet, meteor; Bhāg.2.6.15; Ms.1.38.
4. A sign, mark.
5. Brightness, clearness.
6. A ray of light; प्रययौ कान्तिमिव द्रुमाब्जकेतुम् Bu. Ch.5.3; Bhāg.8.6.15. Compare also 'केतुर्द्युतौ पताकायाम्' इति विश्वः.
7. The descending node considered as the ninth planet, and the body or trunk of the demon सैंहिकेय (the head being regarded as Rāhu); क्रूर- ग्रहः स केतुश्चन्द्रं संपूर्णमण्डलमिदानीम् Mu.1.6.
8. Day-time.
9. Apparition, form, shape.
10. Intellect, judgement; नि केतुना जनानां चिकेथे पूतदक्षसा Rv.5.66.4.
11. A pigmy race.
12. A disease.
13. An enemy.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ग्रहः the descending node.
- -चक्रम् a kind of diagram.
- -तारा a comet.
- -भः a cloud.
- -मालः, -मालम् one of the nine great divisions of the known world (the western portion of जम्बुद्वीप.) -यष्टिः Feminine a flag-staff; नामाङ्करावणशराङ्कितके- तुयष्टिमूर्ध्वं रथं हरिसहस्रयुजं निनाय R.12.13.
- -रत्नम् lapis lazuli, (also called वैडूर्य).
- -वसनम् a flag.
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