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केकय (kekaya)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
केकय
m.
 (-यः) A prince of the lunar race.
f.
 (-यी) daughter of the prece-
ding and one of the wives of DAŚARATHA: the mother of
BHARATA: see केकेयी.
Capeller Eng
English
केकय
m.
N.
 of a people,
f.
 ई.
Yates
English
केकय (यः) A prince of the solar
race. 3.
f.
 (यी) One of the wives
of
Dasharatha.
Wilson
English
केकय
m.
 (-यः) A prince of the solar race.
f.
 (-यी) The daughter
of the preceding, and one of the wives of DAŚARATHA: the mother of BHARATA: see
केकेयी.
Apte
English
केकयः [kēkayḥ], (Pl.)
N.
 of a country and its people
मगध- कोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः
R.*
 9.17
केकयमित्रयुप्रलयानां यादेरियः
P.
 VII.3.2. -यी (also केकेयी)
N.
 of the wife of Daśaratha.
Apte 1890
English
केकयः (pl.) N. of a country and its people
मगधकोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः R. 9. 17.
यी N. of the wife of Daśaratha.
केकय The country of the Kekayas bordering on Sindhu-Deśa q. v.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
केकय
m.
pl.
N.
 of a warrior-tribe,
MBh.
R.
&c.
केकय
m.
 (Pāṇ. vii, 3, 2and g. भर्गादि) a chief of that tribe (prince of the solar race),
MBh.
 iii, 10284
R.
 ii
Monier Williams 1872
English
केकय केकय, आस्, m. pl., N. of a warrior-
tribe
(अस्), m. the chief of this tribe, a prince of
the solar race
(ई), f. a princess of this tribe, wife of
Daśa-ratha and mother of Bharata.
Macdonell
English
केकय kekaya,
m.
pl.
 N. of a people
sg. kind 🞄of —, ī,
f.
 princess of Kekaya.
Benfey
English
केकय केकय,
I.
m.
1. pl. The name
of a people, MBh. 6, 356.
2. Their
prince, Rām. 2, 35, 21.
II.
f.
 यी, One
of the wives of Daśaratha, Rām. 2, 70,
20.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
केकयः
"पुं* , ब* व*" - -
एक देश और उसके निवासी
केकयः
पुं*
 - -
सिंधुदेश की सीमा बनाने वाला केकय एक देश का नाम है।
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
केकय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೇಕಯ ದೇಶ
प्रयोगाः - > "उभौ भरतशत्रुघ्नौ केकयेषु परन्तपौ"
उल्लेखाः - > रामा०
केकय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೇಕಯ ದೇಶದ ದೊರೆ
प्रयोगाः - > "सत्कृत्य केकयो राजा भरतस्य दधौ धनम्"
उल्लेखाः - > रामा०
L R Vaidya
English
kekaya {% m. pl. %} The name of a country and its people, मगधकोसलकेकयशासिनां R.ix.17.
Mahabharata
English
Kekaya, pl. (ºāḥ), a people, especially five brothers, princes of the Kekayas, who joined Yudhishṭhira (the rest followed Duryodhana). § 402 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 120, †10284 (?sa-Kºś Cedipatiḥ).--§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 30, †889 (in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 50, 1973 (have joined Yudhishṭhira), 2004 (bhrātaraḥ pañca)
53, 2107 (in the army of Yudhishṭhira)
54, 2137 (Pāñcālāś ca sa-Kºāḥ)
55, 2145.--§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 141, 4780 (bhrātaraḥ, had joined Yudhishṭhira).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V, 160, 5417 (Somakaiḥ saKºaiḥ, follow Yudhishṭhira).--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 356 (among the peoples in Bhāratavarsha).--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 47, 1837 (only B., = the five brothers?, C. has by error Kaikayaḥ)
49, 2022 (are slain by Bhīshma)
50, 2088 (followed Virāṭa).--§ 579 (do.): VI, 52, 2141 (Prācya-Sauvīra-Kºāḥ, followed Bhīshma).--§ 582 (do.): VI, 74, 3271 (dhanurvedaviśāradāḥ, = the five brothers?, support Arjuna).--§ 583 (do.): VI, 75, 3295 (MadraSauvīra-Kºāḥ, in the krauñca array of Bhīshma)
79, 3470, 3501 (pañca sodarāḥ), 3503 (bhrātaraḥ).--§ 585 (do.): VI, 95, 4271 (the five brothers?), 4308 (do.), (), 4321 (do.). --§ 590 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 1, 577 (the five brothers?, C. has Kaikeyaḥ).--§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 20, 877 (attack Droṇa)
22, 926 (defeated by Droṇa), (), 942 (follow Bhīmasena)
24, 1052 (had sided with Yudhishṭhira).--§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.)
VII, 35, 1528 (follow Abhimanyu)
40, 1691 (applaud Abhimanyu).--§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 95, 3498 (resisted by Droṇa).--§ 600 (Ghaṭotkaśavadhap.): VII, 158, 6972 (only C., B. has Kaikeyaiḥ), 6980.--§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstramokshap.): VII, 193, 8919 (fought with Aśvatthāman). --§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 13, 508 (the Kekaya princes Vinda and Anuvinda are slain by Sātyaki).--§ 608 (do.): VIII, 68, 3390 (jetā Madra-Kaliṅga-Kºān, said of Arjuna in a prophecy).--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3122.--§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 22, 628 (followed Jayadratha, when he robbed Draupadī
all. to § 522)
25, 720 (bhrātaraḥ pañca, had been slain by Droṇa).--§ 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26, 791 (i.e. the five brothers?, their corpses are burnt).--§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 77, 2889 (ºānām adhipatiṃ = Kaikaya^4).--§ 787b (Śatayūpa): XV, 19, 529 (ruled by Śatayūpa). Cf. the numerous passages, where B. has Kekaya instead of the reading of C.: Kaikaya (q.v.) or Kaikeya (q.v.).
पुराणम्
English
केकय / KEKAYA. The mahābhārata mentions another kekaya, a King of the solar dynasty. He wedded two mālava princesses from the elder of whom were born kīcaka and Upakīcaka, and from the younger was born sudeṣṇā, also called kaikeyī. This sudeṣṇā married Mātsya, the virāṭa King. (virāṭa Parva, Southern text, Chapter 16).
केकयम् / KEKAYA(M) .1) General. A Kingdom in ancient india. kaikeyī, one of Daśaratha's wives, was a daughter of a kekaya King.2) Origin. The country got the name ‘Kekaya’ as it was ruled by King Kekayā. His genealogy is as follows. Descended from viṣṇu thus:--brahmā--atri--candra-budha--purūravas--āyus--nahuṣa--yayāti--anudruhyu--sabhānara--Kālanara--sṛñjaya--uśīnara-śibi--kekaya. śibi had four sons called bhadra, suvīra, kekaya and Vṛṣādarpa. (bhāgavata 9th skandha). Other details. (1) The King and the people of kekaya were called the Kekayas.(2) Five heroic kekaya princes met with their death in fighting droṇa. (strī Parva, Chapter 25, Verse 25).(3) Two kekaya Princes, vinda and anuvinda fought on the kaurava side. (karṇa Parva, Chapter 13).
Vedic Reference
English
Kekaya is the name of a tribe which in later days, and
probably also in Vedic times, was settled in the north-west,
between the Sindhu (Indus) and Vitastā.^1 In the Vedic texts
the Kekayas are mentioned indirectly only in the name of their
prince Aśvapati Kaikeya.^2
1) Pargiter, Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society, 1908, 317, 332.
2) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, x. 6, 1, 2.
et seq.
Chāndogya Upaniṣad, v. 11, 4.
Cf. Weber, Indian Litenature, 120
Indische Studien, 1, 126.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
केकयः,
पुं,
 (केकयस्तदाख्यया प्रसिद्धः प्रदेशो राज्य-त्वेनास्त्यस्य ।) सूर्य्यवंशीयराजविशेषः । इति श्री-भागवतम् ॥
(स तु केकयदेशाधीश्वरः दशरथ-श्वशुरश्च । यथा, रामायणे १ । १३ । २३ ।“तथा केकयराजानं वृद्धं परमधार्म्मिकम् ।श्वशुरं राजसिंहस्य सपुत्त्रन्तमिहानय” ॥
जनपदवाच्ये तु बहुवचनान्तः । यथा, महाभारते ।६ । जम्बूखण्डविनिर्म्माणपर्व्वणि ९ । ४८ ।“उपावृत्तानुपावृत्ताः सुराष्ट्राः केकयास्तथा” ॥
)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
केकय
पु०
 ब० व० देशभेदे । “अतऊर्द्ध्वं जनपदान्निबोधगदतो मम” इत्युपक्रमे “उपावृत्तानुपावृत्ताः सुराष्ट्राःकेकयास्तथा” भा० उ० ९ अ० । “उभौ भरतशत्रुघ्नौकेकयेषु परन्तपौ” रा० अ० ६७ अ० “केकयांस्ते गमिष्य-न्तोहयानारुह्य सन्मतान्” रामा० अ० ६० अ० “तथाकेकयराजानं वृद्धं परमधार्म्मिकम् । श्वशुरं राज-सिहञ्च सपुत्रं तमिहानय” रामा० आ० १३ । १४ “अयंकेकयराजस्य पुत्रोवसति पुत्रक! त्वां नेतुमागतो वीरोयुधाजित् मातुलस्तव” रामो० ११ । १६ ।स च देशः वृ० स० कूर्म्मविभागे उत्तरस्यामुक्तः । “उत्त-रतः कैलासः इत्युपक्रमे “केकयवसातियामुनभोगप्रस्थार्जुनायनाग्नीध्राः” इति । केकयानां राजा अणयादेरियादेशः । कैकेय तद्देशनृपे । बहुषु तस्य लुक् । केक-याः तद्देशनृपेषु ब० व० । सोऽभिजनोऽस्य अण् । कैकेयतद्देशवासिनि बहुषु तस्य लुक् । उपचारात् २ केकयनृपेपु० “सत्कृत्य केकयीपुत्रं केकयोधनमादिशत्” “सत्कृत्यकेकयो राजा भरतस्य ददौ धनम्” रा० अ० ७ । २१ । १९ ।तस्यापत्यम् अण् । तदपत्ये पुंस्त्री० स्त्रियां तु भर्गा० नलुक् । कैकेयी “गच्छतातानुजाने त्वां कैकेयी सुप्रजास्त्वया”रामा० अ० ७० । १७ । केकयात् जन्यजनकभावरूपपुंयोगे ङीप्केकयी । ३ केकयनृपकन्यायाम् स्त्री द्वापरयुगीये ४ नृप-भेदे
पु०
 “यदा तु पञ्चालपतिर्महात्मा सकेकयश्चेदिपति-र्वयञ्च” भा० भी० १२० अ० युधिष्ठिरं प्रति श्रीकृष्णोक्तिः
Capeller
German
केकय
m.
 Pl. N. eines Volkes
f.
 ई.
Stchoupak
French
केकय-
m.
pl.
n.
 d'un peuple guerrier (à l'ouest du Sutlej)
sg.
n.
de leur prince
-ई-
f.
 princesse de ce peuple.