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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for केश

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. केशkeśaHair in general; विकीर्णकेशासु परेतभूमिषु Ku.5.68.

    [क्लिश्यते क्लिश्नाति वा क्लिश्-अन् लो लोपश्च Uṇ 5.33]

    1. Hair in general; विकीर्णकेशासु परेतभूमिषु Ku.5.68.
    2. Especially, the hair of the head; केशेषु गृहीत्वा or केश- ग्राहं युध्यन्ते Sk.; मुक्तकेशा Ms.7.91; केशव्यपरोपणादिव R.3.56;2.8.
    3. The mane of a horse or lion.
    4. A ray of light.
    5. An epithet of Varuṇa.
    6. A kind of perfume.
    7. An epithet of Viṣṇu.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -शी

      1. A lock of hair (on the crown of the head.)
      2. An epithet of Durgā.
      3. Compound अन्तः the tip of the hair.
      4. long hair hanging down, a lock of tuft of hair.
      5. cutting of the hair as a religious ceremony; केशान्तः षोडशे वर्षे ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते । राजन्यबन्धोर्द्वाविंशे वैश्यस्य द्वयधिके ततः ॥ Ms.2.65.

    • -अन्तिक

      1. Adjective
      2. extending to the end of the hair as far as the forehead.
      3. relating to the ceremony of final tonsure.

    • -अरिः Masculine Name of a plant (Marâthî नागकेशर).

    • -अर्हा Feminine Name of a plant (Marâthî थोरनीली).

    • -उच्चयः much or handsome hair.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter dressing or arranging the hair (of the head) -कलापः a mass or quantity of hair.

    • -कारम् a sort of sugar-cane.

    • -कारिन् Adjective dressing or arranging the hair of the head; निहीनवर्णां सैरन्ध्रीं बीभत्सां केशकारिणीम् Mb.4.14.34.

    • -कीटः a louse.

    • -गर्भः

      1. a braid of hair.
      2. an epithet of Varuṇa.

    • -गृहीत Adjective seized by the hair.

    • -ग्रन्थिः Masculine a tie of hair; Bhāg.1.39.14.

    • -ग्रहः, -ग्रहणम् pulling the hair, seizing (one) by the hair (both in amorous sports and in fighting); केशग्रहः खलु तदा द्रुपदात्मजायाः Ve.3.11, 29; Me.52; so यत्र रतेषु केशग्रहाः K.8 (that is, not in battles).

    • -घ्न morbid baldness.

    • -छिद् Masculine a hair-dresser, barber.

    • -जाहम् the root of the hair.

    • -धारणम् keeping (not cutting) the hair; दूरेवार्ययनं तीर्थं लावण्यं केशधारणम् Bhāg.12.2.6.

    • -प्रसारः cleaning the hair; Bhāg.1. 59.46.

    • -पक्षः, -पाशः, -हस्तः much (or ornamented) तं केशपाशं प्रसमीक्ष्य कुर्युर्बालप्रियत्वं शिथिलं चमर्यः Ku.1.48;7. 57; Śi.8.27. 'the hair for a hand' (केशहस्तः) is another interpretation; Compare कचपक्ष, कचहस्त etc.

    • -बन्धः

      1. a hair-band; (विराजसे) मुकुटेन विचित्रेण केशबन्धेन शोभिना Mb. 4.6.12.
      2. a particular position of hands in dancing.

    • -भूः, -भूमिः Feminine the head or any other part of the body on which hair grows.

    • -प्रसाधनी, -मार्जकम्, -मार्जनम् a comb.

    • -रचना dressing the hair; कुर्वन्ति केशरचनामपरा- स्तरुण्यः Ṛs.4.15.

    • -लुञ्चकः a Jaina ascetic.

    • -वपनम् shaving or cutting the hair.

    • -वेशः a tress of fillet of hair.

    • -वेष्टः the parting of the hair.

    • -व्यपरोपणम् putting the hair; चुकोप तस्मै स भृशं सुरश्रियः प्रसह्य केशव्यपरोपणादिव R.3.56.

    • -शूला a harlot (वेश्या); केशशूलाः स्त्रियश्चापि भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये Mb.3.19.52.

    • -शूलम् disease of the hair; Mb.3; hair on the head and face केशश्मश्रु वपति Mbh. on I.3.1.

    • -संवाहनम् dressing of hair; Compare पादसंवाहने वज्री केशसंवाहने फणी । अहो भाग्यं पुरन्ध्रीणां दधिसंमथने रविः ॥ Subh. Ratn. (स्त्रीप्रशंसा 17).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. केशkeśa(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. masculine gender (√क्लिश् Un2.; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' आ or ई Pa1n2. 4-1, 54) the hair of the head AV. VS. S3Br. etc.
    3. masculine gender the mane (of a horse or lion) MBh. i, 8008 S3ak. Scholiast or Commentator
    4. masculine gender a kind of perfume (ह्रीवेर) Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of a mineral VarBr2S. lxxvii, 23
    6. masculine gender Name of Varun2a वरुण Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender of Vishn2u विष्णु Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender of a Daitya दैत्य Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender of a locality Romakas.
    10. masculine gender (plural) the tail (of the Bos grunniens) Pa1n2. 2-3, 36 Ka1s3. (varia lectio वाल)
    11. neuter gender " whose lord is Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति (see 3. क्/अ)", the lunar mansion Rohin2i1 रोहिणी .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. केशkeśa[késa] m. (a., --˚, f. â, î) hair; mane; tail.
    1. [késa] masculine (adjective, --˚, feminine; also equal for â, î) hair; mane; tail.
    2. [ka ͜ îsa] neuter the lunar mansion Rohinî (ruled by Ka, i. e. Pragâpati).
    Source: Macdonell

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