kesa- rn. Haupthaar (AV +; °kesa- “haarig’ [wie in häri-k° “goldhaarig, blond’] schon im RV; fem. °kesi, AV [s. AiGr H 2,377); kesavd- Adj. langhaarig (AV +), kesavant- Adj. mähnig {RV), kesin- Adj. langhaarig; auch Bezeichnung der Flammen, des Rosses, u.a. (RV +), N. pr. mehrerer Personen (MK I 186f.); kesya- Adj. in den Haaren befindlich (AV). - Mi., nu., ni., s. Tu 3471-3473, 3480, TuAdd 3471. - Schwerlich zu … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. kesa-, p. 456]
The corpus record — Sanskrit
keṣu
rn
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Where it lives
- Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 7 · 0.93/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
In the wild
- keṣu Bhagavad Gita 10.17
- keṣu Bhagavad Gita 10.17
- keṣāṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.17
- keśā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,2.13
- keśāḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,3.1
- keśaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,2.3
6 of 10 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. kes (vol. 3, scan p. 850; entry #15148).
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