Yashahketu, Yaśaḥketu: 4 definitions
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Yashahketu 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.
Yashahketu has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Yaśaḥketu can be transliterated into English as Yasahketu or Yashahketu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYaśaḥketu (यशःकेतु):—(yaśas + ketu) m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Fürsten [Oxforder Handschriften 152], b, [25.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 80, 4. 86, 4. 89, 3.]
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: Yashah, Ketu.
Full-text: Yashahkarna, Dirghadarshin, Prajnasagara, Mrigankadatta, Utpalanetra, Shivapura, Medhavati, Shashiprabha, Candraprabha.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXXVI < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter LXXXIX < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Vetāla 12: King Yaśaḥketu, his Vidyādharī Wife, and his Faithful Minister < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]