कैकेयीkaikeyī

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a descendant or prince of the Kekayas, the name of a son of Shivi, name of Dhrishtaketu, king of the Kaikeyas, the daughter of a prince of the Kekayas, the language of the Kekayas, one of the wives of Dasharatha and the mother of Bharata. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Other women named or known as Kaikeyī, The Kekaya people, princes, or language, Kaikeyī, wife of Daśaratha.

Etymology
E. केकय a king, father of this lady, and ढक् aff
Definitions
15
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Meanings by context

Other women named or known as Kaikeyī

6 definitions
the wife of Sarvabhauma

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

wife of Ajamidha

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Kumari, the wife of Bhimasena Parikshita

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Sudeshna, the wife of Virata

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Sumana

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a surname of Bhadra, a wife of Krishna

The Purana Index

The Kekaya people, princes, or language

5 definitions
A descendant or prince of the Kekayas.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The name of a son of Shivi

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Dhrishtaketu, king of the Kaikeyas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Kekayas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the language of the Kekayas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Kaikeyī, wife of Daśaratha

4 definitions
the daughter of a prince of the Kekayas

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

One of the wives of Dasharatha and the mother of Bharata

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the wives of Dasharatha and mother of Bharata

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Wife of Dasaratha and mother of Bharata who had Rama banished.

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.