Suryaketu, Sūryaketu: 3 definitions
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Suryaketu 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaSūryaketu (सूर्यकेतु).—A daitya (demon). Once this daitya conquered the world of the gods and expelled Indra. At that time Purañjaya was the King of Ayodhyā, who was born in the Solar dynasty. Indra requested for his help. Purañjaya agreed to help Indra, on condition that Indra should stand as an ox and that he would sit on the hump of that ox and fight. Accordingly he sat on the 'Kakud' (hump) of the ox and fought in the battle, killed Sūryaketu, and reinstated Indra in his former position. Because he sat on the 'Kakud', Purañjaya got the name Kakutstha. The dynasty of the King came to be called by the name Kākutstha. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddhakāṇḍa).
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sūryaketu (सूर्यकेतु):—[=sūrya-ketu] [from sūrya > sūr] mfn. (sūrya-) having the sun for a flag (or ‘bright as the sun’), [Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a king, [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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