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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

केकयkekaya(Pl.) N. of a country and its people; मगध- कोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः R.9.17; केकयमित्रयुप्रलयानां यादेरियः…
(Pl.) Name of a country and its people; मगध- कोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः R.9.17; केकयमित्रयुप्रलयानां यादेरियः ParasmaipadaVII.3.2.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यी (also केकेयी) Name of the wife of Daśaratha.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

केकयkekaya[kekaya] m. pl. N. of a people; sg. king of --, î, f. princess of Kekaya.

[kekaya] masculine plural noun of a people; singular king of --, î, feminine; also equal for princess of Kekaya.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

केकयkekayam. pl. N. of a warrior-tribe MBh. R. &c.
1. masculine gender plural Name of a warrior-tribe MBh. R. etc.
2. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 7-3, 2 and gaRa भर्गा*दि) a chief of that tribe (prince of the solar race) MBh. iii, 10284 R. ii
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केकयीkekayīf. a princess of that tribe (wife of Das3a-ratha दश-रथ and mother of Bharata भरत) R. ii, 70, 20 (cf. कैकेय .)

feminine a princess of that tribe (wife of Das3a-ratha दश-रथ and mother of Bharata भरत) R. ii, 70, 20 (confer, compare कैकेय .)

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