Vishvaketu, Viśvaketu, Vishva-ketu: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśvaketu can be transliterated into English as Visvaketu or Vishvaketu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViśvaketu (विश्वकेतु).—an epithet of Aniruddha.
Derivable forms: viśvaketuḥ (विश्वकेतुः).
Viśvaketu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśva and ketu (केतु).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvaketu (विश्वकेतु).—m.
(-tuḥ) Anirud'Dha, an incarnation of Kama, as the son of Pradyumna. E. viśva universe, ketu a banner.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viśvaketu (विश्वकेतु):—[=viśva-ketu] [from viśva] m. ‘whose banner is the universe’, Name of the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] of Aniruddha (a son of the god of love), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśvaketu (विश्वकेतु):—[viśva-ketu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Aniruddha, an incarnation of Kāma.
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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.
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Partial matches: Vishva, Ketu.
Full-text: Rishyaketu, Rishyaketana, Madalasa.
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