Brihatketu, Bṛhatketu, Brihat-ketu: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhatketu can be transliterated into English as Brhatketu or Brihatketu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु).—A king in ancient India. Mention is made about this king in the Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 1, Stanza 237.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु).—an epithet of Agni.
Derivable forms: bṛhatketuḥ (बृहत्केतुः).
Bṛhatketu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bṛhat and ketu (केतु).
Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु).—[adjective] of great brightness.
1) Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु):—[=bṛhat-ketu] [from bṛhat > bṛṃh] mfn. (hat-) having great clearness or brightness (said of Agni), [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a king, [Mahābhārata]
Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु):—[(bṛhant + ketu)]
1) adj. gewaltige Klarheit habend: Agni [Ṛgveda 5, 8, 2.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines alten Königs [Mahābhārata 1, 231.]
Bṛhatketu (बृहत्केतु):——
1) Adj. von grosser Helle. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines alten Königs.
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.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 5.8.2 < [Sukta 8]
Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
The Legends and Myth of Agni < [Chapter 2 - Varieties of Myths]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section I < [Anukramanika Parva]