āruṇaketuka

ketú

lamp, flame, torch ib. ;
day-time ṠāṇkhBr. ;
(Naigh. III, 9) apparition, form, shape RV. PārGṛ. ;
sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner RV. AV. MBh. etc.;
a chief, leader, eminent person RV. R. IV, 28, 18 Ragh. II, 33 BhP. ;
intellect, judgment, discernment (?) RV. V, 66, 4 AV. X, 2, 12 ;
any unusual orﾠ striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star AdbhBr. Mn. I, 38 VarBṛS. BhP. etc.. ;
the dragon's tail orﾠ descending node (considered in astron. as the 9th planet, andﾠ in mythol. as the body of the demon Saiṇhikeya < son of Siṇhikā> which was severed from the head orﾠ Rāhu by Vishṇu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the Amṛita) Hariv. 4259 R. VP. ;
« a pigmy race» seeﾠ - gaṇa below ;
disease L. ;
an enemy L. ;
N. of a son of Agni (author of RV. X, 156) RAnukr. ;
(with the patr. Vājya) VBr. ;
N. of a Dānava Hariv. 198 ;
of a son (of Ṛishabha BhP. V, 4, 10 ;
of the 4th Manu, VIII, 1, 27);
aruṇā́ḥketávaḥ, « red apparitions», a class of spirits (a kind of sacrificial fire is called after them āruṇaketuka q.v.)
AV. XI, 10, 1 f. and 7 TĀr. MBh. XII, 26, 7. ;
- केतुगण
- केतुग्रह
- केतुचक्र
- केतुतारा
- केतुधर्मन्
- केतुभ
- केतुभूत
- केतुमत्
- केतुमाल
- केतुमालक
- केतुमालि
- केतुमालिन्
- केतुयष्टि
- केतुरत्न
- केतुवर्मन्
- केतुवीर्य
- केतुशृङ्ग