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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कैकेयkaikeyaA prince or ruler of the Kekayas.

    [केकयानां राजा, अण्]

    A prince or ruler of the Kekayas.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यी Adjective A descendant of Kekaya; अश्वपतिर्वै कैकेयः Ch. Up.5.11.4; कैकेयी सुमना नाम शाण्डिलीं पर्यपृच्छत Mb.13.123.2. Feminine A daughter of the prince of the Kekayas and one (the youngest) of the three wives of king Daśaratha and mother of Bharata. [When Rāma was about to be installed as heir-apparent, she was not less rejoiced than Kausalyā. But she had a very wicked nurse called Mantharā who long owed Rāma a grudge. Finding this to be an excellent opportunity for her revenge, Mantharā so completely perverted the mind of Kaikeyī that she became ready to ask the king, as suggested by her nurse, to grant her the two boons which he had formerly promised to her. By one of these boons she asked for the installation of her son Bharata, and by the other for the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years. Daśaratha, blinded by passion as he was, severely scolded her for her wicked demands, but was at last obliged to yield. On account of this wicked act her name has become proverbial for 'a shrew', or 'Xanthippe']

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. कैकेयkaikeya[kaíkeya] m. king of Kekaya; î, f. princess of Kekaya: N. of a wife of Dasa ratha.

    [kaíkeya] masculine king of Kekaya; î, feminine; also equal for princess of Kekaya: noun of a wife of Dasa ratha.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कैकेयkaikeyam. (Pa1n2. 7-3, 2) "a descendant of Kekaya केकय", prince of the Kekayas केकय s S3Br. x ChUp.
    1. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 7-3, 2) "a descendant of Kekaya केकय", prince of the Kekayas केकय s S3Br. x ChUp.
    2. masculine gender Name of a son of S3ivi शिवि (from whom the Kaikeyas कैकेय s are derived) Hariv. 1680 BhP. ix, 23, 3
    3. masculine gender Name of Dhr2isht2aketu धृष्टकेतु (king of the Kaikeyas कैकेय s and father of the five Kaikeyas कैकेय s) VP.
    4. masculine gender plural the Kekayas केकय s R.
    5. neuter gender the language of the Kekayas केकय s .
    6. see that the rest of a word is to be suppliedकय .
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  2. कैकेयीkaikeyīf. the daughter of a prince of the Kekayas केकय s (one of the wives of Das3a-ratha दश-रथ and mother of Bharata…

    feminine the daughter of a prince of the Kekayas केकय s (one of the wives of Das3a-ratha दश-रथ and mother of Bharata भरत R. Ragh.) MBh. Das3.

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