कैकेय (kaikeya)

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Capeller Eng

English

 कै॑केय m.
  a king of the Kekayas
 f.
  ई a princess of
the K.,  one of the wives of Dacaratha. 

Apte

English

कैकेयः [kaikēyḥ],  [केकयानां राजा,  अण्] A prince or ruler of the Kekayas. -यी a.
  A descendant of Kekaya
 अश्वपतिर्वै कैकेयः Ch. Up.*
   5.11.4
 कैकेयी सुमना नाम शाण्डिलीं पर्यपृच्छत Mb.
 *  13.123.2. f.
  A daughter of the prince of the Kekayas and one (the youngest) of the three wives of king Daśaratha and mother of Bharata.  [When Rāma was about to be installed as heir-apparent,  she was not less rejoiced than Kausalyā. But she had a very wicked nurse called Mantharā who long owed Rāma a grudge. Finding this to be an excellent opportunity for her revenge,  Mantharā so completely perverted the mind of Kaikeyī that she became ready to ask the king,  as suggested by her nurse,  to grant her the two boons which he had formerly promised to her. By one of these boons she asked for the installation of her son Bharata,  and by the other for the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years. Daśaratha,  blinded by passion as he was,  severely scolded her for her wicked demands,  but was at last obliged to yield. On account of this wicked act her name has become proverbial for 'a shrew',  or 'Xanthippe']

Apte 1890

English

 कैकेयः [केकयानांराजा,  अण्] A prince or ruler of the Kekayas. 
यी A daughter of the prince of the Kekayas and one (the youngest) of the three wives of king Daśaratha and mother of Bharata. [When Rāma was about to be installed as heir-apparent,  she was not less rejoiced than Kausalya. But she had a very wicked nurse called Mantharā who long owed Rāma a grudge. Finding this to be an excellent opportunity for her revenge,  Mantharā so completely perverted the mind of Kaikeyī that she became ready to ask the king,  as suggested by her nurse,  to grant her the two boons which he had formerly promised to her. By one of these boons she asked for the installation of her son Bharata,  and by the other for the banishment of Rāma for fourteen years. Daśaratha,  blinded by passion as he was,  severely scolded her for her wicked demands,  but was at last obliged to yield. On account of this wicked act her name has become proverbial for ‘a shrew’,  or ‘Xanthippe’]. 

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 कै॑केय a m.
  (Pāṇ.  vii,  3,  2) ‘a descendant of Kekaya’,  prince of the Kekayas,  ŚBr.
   x
 ChUp.
   

 N.
  of a son of Śivi (from whom the Kaikeyas are derived),  Hariv.
  1680
 BhP.
   ix,  23,  3

 N.
  of Dhṛṣṭaketu (king of the Kaikeyas and father of the five Kaikeyas),  VP.
  

 कै॑केय m.
  pl.
  the Kekayas,  R.
 

 कै॑केय n.
  the language of the Kekayas.

 कै॑केय b See °कय.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 कैकेय,  अस्,  m. a descendant of Kekaya,  who was
prince of the Kekayas
 a son of Śivi
 Dṛṣṭaketu, 
king of the Kekayas and father of the five Kaikeyas
(आस्),  m. pl. the Kekayas
 (ई),  f. a daughter of the
prince of the Kekayas,  one of the wives of Daśa-
ratha,  mother of Bharata
 a shrew,  a scold.

Macdonell

English

 कैकेय kaíkeya,  m.
  king of Kekaya
 ī,  f.
  🞄princess of Kekaya: N. of a wife of Daśaratha. 

Benfey

English

 कैकेय कैकेय,  a syncope of कै-
कयेय,  i. e. केकय + एय,  patron. 
 I. m.
 
 1. A descendant of Kekaya,  a king of
the Kekayas,  MBh. 3,  462.
 2. pl. The
people of the Kekayas,  Rām.  4,  43,  11.
 II. f.
  यी,  One of the wives of Daśaratha, 
Rām.  1,  1,  24.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

कैकेयः
पुं*
  - केकयानां राजा - अण्
केकय देश का राजा राजकुमार

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

कैकेय
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕೇಕಯ ದೇಶದ ದೊರೆ
निष्पत्तिः - > "अञ्" (वा० ४-१-१६६) । यादेरियादेशः (७-३-२)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > केकयानां राजा

L R Vaidya

English

 kEkeya {% m. %} A ruler of the kekayas.

Mahabharata

English

Kaikeya (B. mostly Kekaya),  pl. (ºāḥ),  in most passages denoting five brothers,  sons of the king of the Kekayas,  but sometimes the people (= Kekaya,  pl.). § 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II,  4,  126 (among the princes who waited upon Yudhishṭhira).--§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III,  12,  462 (bhrātaraḥ,  came to the Pāṇḍavas in the wood).--§ 321 (Saubhavadhop.): III,  22,  899 (= do.,  took leave of the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III,  33,  1352 (also B.,  will assist the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 342 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III,  51,  1983 (all. to § 317),  1991 (had been present at the rājasūya of Yudhishṭhira).--§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III,  268,  †15654 (will assist the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V,  4,  71 (among the princes to whom the Pāṇḍavas ought to send messengers.) --§ 555 (do.): V,  19,  594 (sodaryāḥ pañca,  came to Duryodhana with one akshauhiṇī of troops).--§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V,  22,  †664 (five brothers had been expelled (avaruddhāḥ) from the K.
 in order to recover the kingdom they joined the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V,  57,  2240 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  joined the Pāṇḍavas with one akshauhiṇī of troops),  2248 (chosen by the five Kaikeya (B. Kekaya) brothers as their share in the battle).--§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V,  151,  5160 (followed Yudhishṭhira
 the five brothers?)
 153,  5189 (do.,  do.).--§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V,  162,  5591 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  in Yudhishṭhira's army).--§ 572 (Rathātirathasaṅkhyānap.): V,  171,  5906 (pañca…bhrātaraḥ,  among the rathas of the Pāṇḍavas).--§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V,  195,  7606 (in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI,  16,  622 (also B.,  in the army of Duryodhana).--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  45^22,  1744 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  fought with five Gāndhāra princes)
 48^36,  1964 (rescued Śveta,  the five brothers
 B.,  however,  has Kaikeyo = Dhṛshṭaketu?). --§ 580 (do.): VI,  56,  2405 (also B.,  in the army of Duryodhana),  (),  2418 (followed Bhīmasena,  the five brothers?).--§ 583 (do.): VI,  75,  3285 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  in the left wing of the Pāṇḍavas' makaravyūha)
 77^8,  3394 (the five brothers?)
 78,  3437 (pañca,  fought with Duḥśāsana).--§ 585 (do.): VI,  89,  3948 (proceeded against Bhīshma,  the five brothers?)
 99,  4512 (bhrātaraḥ,  in the army of Yudhishṭhira)
 103,  4694 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  rushed towards Bhīshma).--§ 587 (do.): VI,  108,  5002 (bhrātaraḥ pañca,  in the rear of the Pāṇḍava army)
 118,  5553 (pañca,  rescued by Arjuna).--§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII,  8,  227 (in Yudhishṭhira's army)
 9,  288 (do.,  surround Droṇa)
 10,  360 (e: the five K. brothers,  resembling the insects called indragopakas,  with red coats of mail,  red weapons,  and red banners,  the maternal cousins of the Pāṇḍavas)
 16,  650 (surrounded Droṇa).--§ 598 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII,  85,  3025 (in Yudhishṭhira's army). --§ 599 (do.): VII,  110,  4164 (ºānāṃ śataṃ,  are slain by Droṇa)
 125,  5039 (Bṛhatkshattre hate…Kºānāṃ mahārathe).--§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII,  153,  6628 (the five brothers?,  pierced by Duryodhana)
 158,  6972 (only B.,  C. has Kekayaiḥ,  in the army of Yudhishṭhira)
 160,  7161 (also B.,  attack Aśvatthāman)
 169,  7459 (proceeded against Droṇa).--§ 602 (Droṇavadhap.): VII,  186,  8490 (also B.,  vanquished by Droṇa),  8499 (sc. hateshu).--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII,  5,  136 (have been slain by Arjuna)
 6,  168 (Vṛkodarasamo yuddhe vṛtaḥ Kºyodhibhiḥ| Kaikeyena ca vikramya bhrātā bhrātrā nipātitaḥ).--§ 605 (do.): VIII,  13,  511 (ºānāṃ mahārathaḥ,  i.e. Vinda),  524 (defeated by Sātyaki).--§ 608 (do.): VIII,  48,  2254 (attack Karṇa)
 49,  2334 (attack Vasusheṇa)
 56,  2692 (attack Karṇa),  (),  2751 (also B.,  are slain by Karṇa)
 62,  3173 (śatāḥ saptadaśa,  checked the Dhārtarāshṭras)
 82,  †4183 (ºsenāpatiḥ,  named Ugrakarman?,  attacked Prasena).--§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX,  21,  1126 (attacked by Duryodhana). Cf. Kaikaya pl.,  Kekaya pl.

Kaikeya,  dual. (ºau) = Vinda and Anuvinda: VIII,  492,  (Vindānuvindau),  497 (B. two times,  C. in the latter passage has Kaikayau).

Kaikeya^1 = Bṛhatkshattra: VI,  1720 (Bºḥ)
 VII,  972 (Bºṃ),  4013 (Bº,  only B.,  C. has Kaikayaḥ),  4015 (only B.,  C. C. has Kaikayasya)
 VII,  5029,  5032,  5033,  5035. Cf. Kaikaya.

Kaikeya^2 = Vinda: VIII,  513,  518,  519. Cf. Kaikaya.

Kaikeya^3 = Kaikaya^4: XII,  2911.

Kaikeya^4,  one or more Kekaya princes. § 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI,  19,  715 (Dhṛshṭaketuḥ?,  but is not Kaikeyāḥ to be read? cf. V,  5160
 VI,  3948).--§ 578 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI,  47,  1837 (only C.,  B. has Kekayāḥ),  1866 (= Bṛhatkshatra?)
 48^36,  1964 (only B.,  but C. seems to be right in reading Kaikeyāḥ,  cf. VI,  715),  1972 (both C. and B.,  is not Kaikeyāḥ to be read with PCR.?).--§ 579 (do.): VII,  52,  2128 (= Bṛhatkshattra?).--§ 582 (do.): VI,  69,  3066 (akshauhiṇīpatiḥ = do.?).--§ 583 (do.): VI,  77,  3401 (= do.?).--§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII,  6,  169 (Kºena ca vikramya bhrāta bhrātrā nipātitaḥ).

Vedic Reference

English

 Kaikeya,  ‘king of the Kekayas, ’ is an epithet of Aśvapati.^1
1) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,  x. 6,  1,  2
 Chāndogya Upaniṣad,  v. 11,  4.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 कैकेय पु०
  केकयानां राजा अण् यादेरियादेशः । १ केकय-देशनृपे केकयशब्दे उदाहरणादि । तस्यापत्यम् अण्ङीप् । २ भरतमातरि स्त्री “कैकेयीशङ्कयेवाह पलि-तच्छद्मना जरा” “दूषयामास कैकोयी शोकेष्णैःपार्थिवाश्रुंभिः “श्रुत्वा तथाविधं मृत्युं कैकेयीतनयःपितुः” रघुः

Capeller

German

 कै॑केय m.
  ein Fürst der Kekaya
 f.
  कैकेयी
N. einer Gemahlin Daśarathäs.

Stchoupak

French

 कैकेय-
 m.
  = Kaikaya 
 descendant des Kekaya 
 fils de Śibi 
 -ई-
f.
  princesse des Kekaya,  femme de Daśaratha.

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