केशिन् m. [केश-इनि] 1 A lion. -2 N. of a Rākṣasa slain by Kṛiṣṇa. -3 N. of another Rākṣasa who carried Devasenā and who was slain by Inrda. -4 An epithet of Kṛiṣṇa. -5 One having fine hair. -Comp. -निषूदनः, -मथनः epithets of Kṛiṣṇa; Bg.18.1.
केशिनी 1 A woman with a beautiful braid of hair. -2 N. of the wife of Viśravas and mother of Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa; ततस्तौ राक्षसौ जातौ केशिन्यां विश्रवःसुतौ । रावणः कुम्भकर्णश्च सर्वलोकोपतापनौ ॥ Bhāg.7.1.44. -3 An epithet of Durgā. -4 N. of a plant (जटामांसी).
Is the name of a people occurring in the Satapatha Brāhmana, where their king is mentioned as learning from Khandika the atonement for a bad omen at the sacrifice.
(* descendant of Darbha ’) is a somewhat enigmatic figure. According to the Satapatha Brāh¬mana and the Jaiminīya Upanisad Brāhmana he was a king, sister’s son of Uccaihśravas, according to the latter authority. His people were the Pañcālas, of whom the Keśins must there¬fore have been a branch, and who are said to have been threefold (tvyanīka). A story is told of his having a ritual dispute wτith ṣandika in the Maitrāyanī Samhitā ; this appears in another form in the śatapatha Brāhmana. He was a contemporary of a fellow sage, Keśin Sātyakāmi, according to the Maitrā¬yanī and Taittirīya Samhitās. The Pañcavimśa Brāhmana attributes to him a Sāman or chant, and the Kausītaki Brāh¬mana tells how he was taught by a golden bird. In view of the fact that the early literature always refers to Dārbhya as a sage, it seems doubtful whether the commentator is right in thinking that the śatapatha refers to a king and a people, when a sage alone may well be meant, while the Jaiminīya Upanisad Brāhmana is of no great authority. The latter work may have assumed that the reference in the Kāthaka Samhitā to the Keśin people signifies kingship, but this is hardly necessary.
noun (masculine) "a horse" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
"name of Rudra" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Vasudeva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura slain by Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Dārbhya or Dālbhya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Vishnu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective having a mane (as Indra's and Agni's horses) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having fine or long hair (said of Rudra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having tips (as rays or flames) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Chrysopogon aciculatus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Nardostachys jaṭāmāṃsī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a servant of Damayantī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Apsaras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Durgā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the daughter of a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the daughter of the king of Vidarbha (wife of Sagara and mother of Asamañjas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Viśravas and mother of Rāvaṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective barren (as a plant) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having its filaments turned downwards (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unfruitful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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