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:
- 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.
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Prelude to act III:
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of केतक
| 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) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0309
