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Talaketu, ٳ, Tala-ketu, Tālakētu: 10 definitions

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Talaketu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Talaketu in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

ٳ (तालकेत�).—A demon. Śrī Kṛṣṇa captured this demon from the Mahendra mountain in the Irāvatī river and killed him at Haṃsanemipatha. (Śloka 34, Chapter 12, Vana Parva).

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

ٳ (तालकेत�) is the name of a Gaṇa-chief who participated in Vīrabhadra’s campaign against Dakṣa, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.33. Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“O Nārada, listen to the numerical strength of the most important and courageous of those groups. [...] Virūpākṣa, the lord of Gaṇas, with sixty-four crores. So also the chiefs of Gaṇas ٳ, Ṣaḍāsya and Pañcāsya. [...] Thus at the bidding of Śiva, the heroic Vīrabhadra went ahead followed by crores and crores, thousands and thousands, hundreds and hundreds of Gaṇas [viz., ٳ]�.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) ٳ (तालकेत�).—A Dānava with Manuṣya dharma;1 stationed at the northern gate of the Śūnyaka city with ten Akṣauhiṇis.2

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 6. 16; Vāyu-purāṇa 68. 16.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 22. 25.

1b) The palm tree as the banner of Baladeva.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 1. 95.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Talaketu in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ٳ (तालकेत�).—an epithet of Bhīṣma.

Derivable forms: ٳ� (तालकेतुः).

ٳ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ketu (केतु).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳ (तालकेत�).—m. (having as banner the palmyra tree), epithet of Bhīṣma, Mahābhārata 5, 5081.

ٳ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ketu (केतु).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٳ (तालकेत�).—[masculine] bearer of the palm banner, [Epithet] of [several] heroes.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ٳ (तालकेत�):—[=-ketu] [from ] m. ‘palm-bannered�, Bhīṣma, [Mahābhārata v f.]

2) [v.s. ...] Bala-Rāma, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa iv, 1, 37]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of an adversary of Kṛṣṇa, [Mahābhārata iii, 492; Harivaṃśa 9141]

4) [v.s. ...] ‘having the hell as a banner�, Name of a Dānava (younger brother of Pā-ketu), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa xxii, 6.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Tamil dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Talaketu in Tamil glossary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tālakētu (தாலகேத�) [-kētu] noun < idem. +. See தா� கேதனன். தாளகேதுவையுஞ� சே� . . . கொண்டு நீ செல்� [thala kethanan. thalagethuvaiyugn sera . . . kondu ni selka] (மகாபாரதம� வாசு. [magaparatham vasu.] 17).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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