Candraketu: 7 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chandraketu.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCandraketu (चन्द्रकेतु):—(ca + ke) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Mahābhārata 7, 1899.] eines Sohnes des Lakṣmaṇa [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 90.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 385.]
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Candraketu (चन्द्रकेतु):—ein Sohn Lakṣmaṇa’s [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 102, 2.] ein Vidyādhara [Kathāsaritsāgara 115, 24.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCandraketu (चन्द्रकेतु):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) verschiedener Männer [VP.².] —
2) eines Vidyādhara. —
3) eines Helden der Kālikā [Indische studien von Weber 14.]
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: Candra, Ketu.
Full-text: Muktavali, Candracakra, Candravakta, Malla, Muktaphalaketu, Takshaka, Padmashekhara, Shiva, Savitra, Nikasa, Angada, Padmavati.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 102 - Rama bestows Kingdoms on Lakshmana’s Sons < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CXV < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Chapter CXVI < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Chapter CXIX < [Book XVII - Padmāvatī]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XLVI < [Abhimanyu-badha Parva]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 11 - The Story of Rāma (concluded) < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 63 - The Ikṣvāku dynasty (vaṃśa) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]