The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ketana
Ketana sign etc., see sa'˚.
Ketu
Ketu [Vedic ketu, *(s)qait, clear; cp. Lat. caelum (=*caid- lom), Ohg heitar, heit; Goth. haidus; E. -- hood,
orig. appearance, form, like] -- 1. ray, beam of light, splendour, effulgence Th 1, 64; which is a riddle on
the various meanings of ketu. -- 2. flag, banner, sign, perhaps as token of splendour Th 1, 64. dhamma -- k˚
having the Doctrine as his banner A i.109=iii.149; dh(ma -- k˚ having smoke as its splendour, of fire, J
iv.26; VvA 161 in expln of dh(masikha. -- kamyat! desire for prominence, self -- advertisement (perhaps
vainglory, arrogance) Vism 469; Dhs 1116 (Dhs A. trs. 479), 1233=Nd2 505; Nd1 on Sn 829 (= u**ama); -
- m!l! "garland of rays" VvA 323.
Ketu'
Ketu' see kayati.
Ketuvant
Ketuvant (adj.) [fr. ketu] having flags, adorned with flags VvA 50.
Ked!ra
Ked!ra (m. nt.) an irrigated field, prepared for ploughing, arable land in its first stage of cultivation: ked!re
p!yetv! kariss!ma "we shall till the fields after watering them" J i.215; as square -- shaped (i. e. marked out
as an allotment) Vin i.391 (caturassa˚; Bdhgh on MV viii.12, 1); J iii.255 (catukka**a˚); surrounded by a
trench, denoting the boundary ( -- mariy!d!) DhA
-- 226 --
iii.6. -- J iv.167; v.35; PvA 7 (=khetta). The spelling is sometimes ket!ra (J iii.255 v. l.) see Trenckner,
J.P.T.S. 1908, 112. Note. The prefix ke -- suggests an obsolete noun of the meaning "water," as also in
kebuka, ke -- va&&a; perhaps Sk. k+vid, k+vedate, to be wet, ooze? ke would then be k(h)ed, and kedara=
ked+d%, bursting forth of water=inundation; kebuka =kedvu(d)ka (udaka); keva&&a=ked+v%, moving on the
water, fisherman; (cp. Av- Index Kaivarta: name of an officer on board a trading vessel). -- ko&i top or
corner -- point of a field Vism 180.
Kebuka
Kebuka [on ke -- see note to prec.] water J vi.38 (=42: k. vuccati udaka'). As nad" a river at J iii.91, where
Seruma at similar passage p. 189.
Key(ra
Key(ra (nt.) a bracelet, bangle DhA ii.220 (v. l. k!yura).
Key(rin
Key(rin (adj.) wearing a bracelet PvA 211 (=k!y(rin).
Keyya