Apte Dictionary

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Entry केशव

केशवkeśavaa.Having much, fine or luxuriant hair.
[केशाः प्रशस्ताः सन्त्यस्य; केश-व ParasmaipadaV.2.19]

Having much, fine or luxuriant hair.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वः
  
  An epithet of Viṣṇu; केशव जय जगदीश हरे Gīt.1; केशवं पतितं दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवा हर्षनिर्भराः Subhās.
  
  The Supreme Being.
  
  The month of मार्गशीर्ष.
- -आयुधः the mango tree. (-धम्) a weapon of Viṣṇu.
- -आलयः, -आवासः the Aśvattha tree.
- -दैवज्ञः Name of an astronomer.
- -स्वामिन् Name of a grammarian.
In the Gita1·31 2·54 3·1 10·14 13·1 11·35

न च श्रेयोऽनुपश्यामि हत्वा स्वजनमाहवे ।

na ca śreyo'nupaśyāmi hatvā svajanamāhave, — Nor do I see any good in slaying my own people in battle; O Krishna, I desire not victory, nor kingdom, nor pleasures. 1·31
- केशवkeśavavocative singular of the masculine noun keśava (Krishna, the one with beautiful hair).
- केशवस्यkeśavasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun keśava (Krishna, the one with beautiful hair) .
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