Kalakeya, Kālakeya: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKālakeya (कालकेय):—metron. von kālakā ( = kālā), Nomen proprium eines Asura [Harivaṃśa 2286.] pl. Bez. eines Dānava - Geschlechts [210. 11552.] [Mahābhārata 3, 8691.] gaṇaḥ kālakeyaḥ [Harivaṃśa 12867.] — Vgl. kālakañja, kālakāñja und kāleya .
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Kālakeya (कालकेय):—pl. [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 17.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKālakeya (कालकेय):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) Pl. eines Dānava-Geschlechts. Auch gaṇaḥ yaḥ. —
2) eines Asura.
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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Starts with: Kalakeyantaka.
Full-text (+17): Ashmanagara, Kalajna, Kalaka, Hiranyapura, Sunasa, Kalakendra, Abhiru, Kaleya, Nishadanaresha, Hiranyapuram, Kicaka, Nivatakavaca, Savyasaci, Khapura, Kalakanja, Kalika, Shreniman, Narayanapriya, Aparajita, Upakicakas.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CV < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CII < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CI < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 65 - The Slaying of Kālakeya < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Chapter 19 - Conversation of the Seven Sages < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 347 - Greatness of Hāṭakeśvara (Hāṭaka-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 20 - The Nirguṇatva of the Śiva Liṅga: The Manifestation of Bhavānī < [Section 1 - Kedāra-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 63 - The Greatness of Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.116.12 < [Sukta 116]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 42 - The Felicity enjoyed by Rama and Sita < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 24 - Ravana carries off a number of Women and is cursed by them < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]