Keshata, Keśaṭa, Kesaṭa: 9 definitions
Introduction:
Keshata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Keśaṭa can be transliterated into English as Kesata or Keshata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKeśaṭa (केशट) or Kesaṭa is the name of a Brāhman from Pāṭaliputra, as mentioned in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 123. Accordingly, “... there lived in the city of Pāṭaliputra a wealthy young Brāhman, the son of a Brāhman; his name was Keśaṭa, and he was in beauty like a second God of Love. He wished to obtain a wife like himself, and so he went forth secretly from his parents’ house, and wandered through various lands on the pretext of visiting holy bathing-places”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Keśaṭa, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKeśaṭa (केशट).—
1) A goat.
2) Name of Viṣṇu.
3) A bug.
4) A brother.
5) A louse.
6) An arrow of Cupid (śoṣaṇa).
Derivable forms: keśaṭaḥ (केशटः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKeśaṭa (केशट).—m.
(-ṭaḥ) 1. A name of Vishnu. 2. A goat. 3. A louse. 4. A brother. 5. One of KamA'S arrows. 6. A tree, commonly Sonapat, (śoṇaka.) E. keśa hair, aṭ to go, affix ac, deriv. irr.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKeśaṭa (केशट) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] He is mentioned by Abhinanda and Vasukalpa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Keśaṭa (केशट):—mfn. ‘richly endowed with’ See madhu-
2) m. a goat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) a louse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Bignonia Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) the parching arrow of Kāma (the god of love), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) a brother (cf. mātṛ-), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxxiii, 157.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKeśaṭa (केशट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A name of Vishnu; a goat; a louse; a brother; a tree, commonly Sonapat; an arrow of Cupid.
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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 corpusKēśaṭa (ಕೇಶಟ):—
1) [noun] any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns; a goat (either gender).
2) [noun] Viṣṇu.
3) [noun] a wingless, bloodsucking hemipteran insect, Cimex lectularius, with a broad, flat, reddish-brown body and an unpleasant odour that infests beds, furniture, walls, etc., which is active mainly at night; a bedbug.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Aparushakeshata, Asamlulitakeshata, Bhramarasadrishakeshata, Chitrakeshata, Citrakeshata, Gudakeshata, Harikeshata, Madhukeshata, Matrikeshata, Snigdhakeshata, Surabhikeshata.
Full-text: Matrikeshata, Madhukeshata, Desata, Matukecatam, Vasukalpa, Rupavati, Abhinanda, Shringaravati, Anuragavati, Bhimapura, Ratnanadi, Ratnadatta.
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