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Results for केशिनी

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Apte Dictionary

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

केशिनीkeśinī1 A woman with a beautiful braid of hair.
1. 1 A woman with a beautiful braid of hair.
2. Name of the wife of Viśravas and mother of Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa; ततस्तौ राक्षसौ जातौ केशिन्यां विश्रवःसुतौ । रावणः कुम्भकर्णश्च सर्वलोकोपतापनौ ॥ Bhāg.7.1.44.
3. An epithet of Durgā.
4. Name of a plant (जटामांसी).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

केशिनीkeśinīf. N. of Durga1 दुर्गा
1. feminine Name of Durga1 दुर्गा
2. feminine (gan2a गण कुर्व्-आदि) Name of an Apsaras अप्सरस् MBh. i, 2558; iii, 14562
3. feminine of a Ra1kshasi1 राक्षसी Buddh.
4. feminine of the daughter of the king of Vidarbha विदर्भ (wife of Sagara सगर and mother of A-saman5jas अ-समञ्जस्) Hariv. 797 ff. R.
5. feminine of the wife of A1jami1d2ha आजमीढ (Suhotra सुहोत्र) and mother of Jahnu जह्नु MBh. i, 3722 Hariv. 1416 and 1756
6. feminine of the wife of Vis3ravas विश्रवस् and mother of Ra1van2a रावण and Kumbha-karn2a कुम्भ-कर्ण BhP. vii, 1, 43
7. feminine of a servant of Damayanti1 दमयन्ती Nal. xxii, 1
8. feminine of the daughter of a Bra1hman Brahman Buddh.
9. feminine Chrysopogon aciculatus Lexicographers
10. feminine Nardostachys Jat2a1-ma1n6si1 जटा-मांसी Lexicographers
11. feminine see कैशिन्/अ
12. feminine plural (/इनीस्) Vedic or Veda "the attendants of Rudra रुद्र" (see before)
13. feminine "Name of certain female demons" (see before) .
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सुकेशिनीsukeśinīf. a kind of plant Npr.

feminine a kind of plant Npr.

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