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केतुमती (ketumatI)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
केतुमती - ketumatI -
f.
 - metre
Monier Williams Cologne
English
केतु—म॑ती
f.
 a metre (of 2 × 21 syllables)
N.
 of the wife of Sumālin,
R.
 vii, 5, 37
N.
 of a locality,
W.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
केतुमती
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಸುಮಾಲಿಯೆಂಬ ರಾಕ್ಷಸನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ
निष्पत्तिः - > स्त्रियां "ङीप्" (४-१-६)
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Ketumatī, n. of the capital of the future Buddha Maitreya: Mv 〔iii.240.12〕
cf. Pali Ketumatī, given as a future name for Benares and the birthplace of Metteyya.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
°केतुमती °Heer, H 43, 223.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 केतुमती
noun
एकः प्रदेशः ।
"केतुमत्याः वर्णनं कोशे वर्तते"
Synonyms:
 केतुमती
noun
सुमालिनः पत्नी ।
"केतुमत्याः वर्णनं रामायणे समुपलभ्यते/सुमालिनोऽपि भार्यासीत् पूर्णचद्रनिभानना/नाम्ना केतुमती राम प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी"
Synonyms:
 केतुमती
noun
सुमालिनः पत्नी ।
"केतुमत्याः वर्णनं रामायणे समुपलभ्यते/सुमालिनोऽपि भार्यासीत् पूर्णचद्रनिभानना नाम्ना केतुमती राम प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी॥"
Synonyms:
 केतुमती
noun
एकः प्रदेशः ।
"केतुमत्याः वर्णनं कोशे वर्तते"
पुराणम्
English
केतुमती / KETUMATĪ. Mother of prahasta, a minister of rāvaṇa. ketumatī had two sisters sundarī and vasudhā. These three were daughters of a gandharva woman.
Giant Heti, the son of brahmā married bhayā and vidyutkeśa was born to the couple. sukeśa was born to vidyutkeśa by his wife sālakaṭaṅkā. three sons mālyavān, sumālī and mālī were born to sukeśa by his wife Daivavatī. sundarī, ketumatī and vasudhā the three beautiful sisters mentioned above, were married by the giants mālyavān, sumālī and mālī respectively. Thus ketumatī became the wife of sumālī. To sumālī and ketumatī were born ten sons, prahasta, akampana, vikaṭa, kālakāmukha, dhūmrākṣa, daṇḍa, supārśva, saṁhrāda, Prakvāta and bhāsakarṇa and four daughters vekā, puṣpotkaṭā, kaikasī and kumbhīnasī. Most of the sons were ministers of rāvaṇa. (uttara rāmāyaṇa).