The Sanskrit term Keśākeśi can be transliterated into English as Kesakesi or Keshakeshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि).—[P.II.2.27. Vart.3] ind. 'Hair to hair', (fighting) by pulling each other's hair; केशाकेश्यभवेद्युद्धं रक्षसां वानरैः सह (keśākeśyabhavedyuddhaṃ rakṣasāṃ vānaraiḥ saha) Mb.; Y.2.283.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि).—n. (-śi) Pulling the hair mutually, hair to hair. E. keśa hair, repeated, affix iñ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि).—i. e. keśa-keśa + i, adv. In mutual grasping of hair, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 283; in closest proximity, Mahābhārata 4, 1056.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि).—[adverb] hair to hair, head to head.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि):—[=keśā-keśi] [from keśa] ind. ([Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-2, 27; v, 4, 127 and vi, 3, 137; Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 95 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) hair to hair, head to head, [Yājñavalkya ii, 283; Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Keśākeśi (केशाकेशि):—adv. Pulling the hair mutually, hair to hair.

[Sanskrit to German]

Keshakeshi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kēśākēśi (ಕೇಶಾಕೇಶಿ):—[noun] a fighting pulling each other’s hair.

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Kēsākēsi (ಕೇಸಾಕೇಸಿ):—[noun] = ಕೇಶಾಕೇಶಿ [keshakeshi].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Keshi, Kesa, Keci.

Full-text: Kacakaci, Hastahasti, Bhujabhuji, Nakhanakhi, Karnakarni, Mushtamushti, Ratharathi, Ic, I, Lag.

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