In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु) is an epithet for the God of Love, according to chapter 1.3 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly,

“[...] In the four directions they [i.e., the Meghakumāras] created arches of jewels, rubies, and gold, as if they were neck-ornaments for their decoration. On top of them tall puppets looked as if embraced by friends, because of reflections made in each others’ bodies. Makaras made of glistening sapphire shone on the arches, giving the impression of banners abandoned by dying Makaraketu. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु).—m. epithets of the god of love.

Derivable forms: makaraketuḥ (मकरकेतुः).

Makaraketu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms makara and ketu (केतु). See also (synonyms): makaraketana, makaraketumat.

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

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु).—m.

(-tuḥ) Kama: see the preceding. E. makara, and ketu an emblem.

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

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु).—m. the god of love.

— Cf. [Gothic.] haidus; [Anglo-Saxon.] had.

Makaraketu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms makara and ketu (केतु).

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

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु).—[masculine] the god of love (cf. [preceding]).

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

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु):—[=makara-ketu] [from makara] m. ‘having the M° for an emblem’ or ‘having a fish on his banner’, Name of Kāma-deva, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

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

Makaraketu (मकरकेतु):—[makara-ketu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Makaraketu 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

Makarakētu (ಮಕರಕೇತು):—[noun] = ಮಕರಕೇತನ - [makaraketana -] 2.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Makarakētu (மகரகேது) [makara-kētu] noun < makara-kētu. See மகரக்கொடியோன். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [magarakkodiyon. (agarathi nigandu)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Makara, Ketu.

Starts with: Makaraketumant, Makaraketumat.

Full-text: Makaraketumat, Makaraketana, Ruja, Madana, Ruj.

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