केतक
Sanskrit
Noun
केतक • (ketaka) m
- screw pine (Pandanus fascicularis/odoratissimus) (MBh., R., Megh. etc.)
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
- किसलयमिव मुग्धं बन्धनाद्विप्रलूनम् । हृदय कुसुम शोषी दारुणो दीर्घ शोकः
ग्लपयति परिपाण्डु क्षाममस्याः शरीरं । शरदि ज इव धर्मः केतकी गर्भ पत्रं ॥- kisalayam iva mugdhaṃ bandhanād vipralūnam / ḥrdaya kusuma śoṣī dāruṇo dīrgha śokaḥ
glapayati paripāṇḍu kṣāmam asyāḥ śarīraṃ / śaradi ja iva dharmaḥ ketakī garbha patram. - Like a tender bud sheared off from its stem / her pallid and haggard body has been withered
by long hard grief parching her heart’s flower / like autumn heat a leaf in a ketaki bud.
- kisalayam iva mugdhaṃ bandhanād vipralūnam / ḥrdaya kusuma śoṣī dāruṇo dīrgha śokaḥ
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of केतक | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | केतकः (ketakaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | केतकस्य (ketakasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | केतकः (ketakaḥ) | केतकौ (ketakau) | केतकाः (ketakāḥ) |
| Vocative | केतक (ketaka) | केतकौ (ketakau) | केतकाः (ketakāḥ) |
| Accusative | केतकम् (ketakam) | केतकौ (ketakau) | केतकान् (ketakān) |
| Instrumental | केतकेन (ketakena) | केतकाभ्याम् (ketakābhyām) | केतकैः (ketakaiḥ) |
| Dative | केतकाय (ketakāya) | केतकाभ्याम् (ketakābhyām) | केतकेभ्यः (ketakebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | केतकात् (ketakāt) | केतकाभ्याम् (ketakābhyām) | केतकेभ्यः (ketakebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | केतकस्य (ketakasya) | केतकयोः (ketakayoḥ) | केतकानाम् (ketakānām) |
| Locative | केतके (ketake) | केतकयोः (ketakayoḥ) | केतकेषु (ketakeṣu) |
Descendants
- Telugu: కేతకి (kētaki)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “केतक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0309.
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