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केतु
केतु
Sanskrit
Noun
केतु • (ketú) m
- bright appearance, clearness, brightness
- (in the plural) rays of light
- lamp, flame, torch
- day-time
- apparition, form, shape
- sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner
- chief, leader, eminent person
- intellect, judgement, discernment
- any unusual or striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star
- Ketu: the dragon's tail or descending node (considered in astronomy as the 9th planet, and in mythology as the body of the demon Saiṃhikeya which was severed from the head or Rahu by Vishnu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the amṛta)
- "a pigmy race" compare गण (-gaṇa)
- disease
- enemy
- name of a son of Agni (author of RV. x, 156)
- used with the patronymic वाज्य (vājya)
- name of a दानव (dānava)
- name of a son (of ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) BhP. v, 4, 10; of the 4th Manu, viii, 1, 27)
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of केतु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | केतुः (ketuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | केतोः (ketoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | केतुः (ketuḥ) | केतू (ketū) | केतवः (ketavaḥ) |
| Vocative | केतो (keto) | केतू (ketū) | केतवः (ketavaḥ) |
| Accusative | केतुम् (ketum) | केतू (ketū) | केतून् (ketūn) |
| Instrumental | केतुना (ketunā) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभिः (ketubhiḥ) |
| Dative | केतवे (ketave) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभ्यः (ketubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | केतोः (ketoḥ) | केतुभ्याम् (ketubhyām) | केतुभ्यः (ketubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | केतोः (ketoḥ) | केत्वोः (ketvoḥ) | केतूनाम् (ketūnām) |
| Locative | केतौ (ketau) | केत्वोः (ketvoḥ) | केतुषु (ketuṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0309