Kaikeyi, 碍补颈办别测墨, Kaik膿yi: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥�General information. One of the wives of Da艣aratha, who had three wives, Kausaly膩, 碍补颈办别测墨 and Sumitr膩. It is mentioned in V膩lm墨ki R膩m膩ya峁嘺, Ayodhy膩 K膩峁囜笉a, Sarga 70, Stanza 28 that 碍补颈办别测墨 was the sister of Yudh膩jit, the King of Kekaya. Kekaya was seven days' journey away from Ayodhy膩. (See full article at Story of 碍补颈办别测墨 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥擶ife of Ajam墨岣峢a, a King of the P奴ru dynasty. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 膧di Parva, Chapter 95, Stanza 37).
3) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥擲ude峁a箛膩, the wife of the King of Vir膩峁璦 was known by the name 碍补颈办别测墨 also. She was the daughter of Kekaya, the King of S奴ta, born of his wife M膩lav墨. As she was the daughter of Kekaya, she got the name 碍补颈办别测墨. (惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 Vir膩峁璦 Parva, Chapter 16). Besides, it is stated in the Pur膩峁嘺s that all the princesses of the kingdom of Kekaya were called by the name 碍补颈办别测墨.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥擲urname of Bhadr膩, a wife of K峁涐梗峁嘺.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 X. 57. 56.
碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶) refers to the name of a Lady mentioned in the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (cf. ). Note: The 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (mentioning 碍补颈办别测墨) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 艣濒辞办补蝉 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: Apam Napat: Indian MythologyKaikeyi is the second wife of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya. She gave birth to Bharata, as a result of partaking the sacrificial offering from the Ashwamedha sacrifice performed by her husband for the purpose of obtaining children.
: WikiPedia: Hinduism碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶): She was the youngest of King Dasaratha's three wives and a queen of Ayodhya. She was the mother of Bharata.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶) is the mother of N膩r膩ya峁嘺: one of the nine black V膩sudevas, according to chapter 1.6 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁a弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly: 鈥淸...] There will be nine black V膩sudevas, enjoyers of three parts of the earth, with half so much power as the Cakrins. [...] The son of 碍补颈办别测墨 and Da艣aratha, named N膩r膩ya峁嘺, in R膩jag峁沨a, in the interval between Muni and Nami, living for twelve thousand years, sixteen bows tall, will go to the third hell at the end of his life鈥�.
2) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶) refers to one of the wifes of Da艣aratha, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.4 [R膩ma and Lak峁a峁嘺].鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Though a child, ruling, King Da艣aratha attained growth in age and strength gradually. [...] Da艣aratha married in Kamalasa峁卥ula the daughter of Subandhutilaka and of Queen Mitr膩, named 碍补颈办别测墨 for a first name, with another name, Sumitr膩, because she was born of Mitr膩 and was good-tempered, like the moon marrying Rohi峁嚹�. [...]鈥�.
3) 碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶) is the daughter of P峁泃hv墨艣r墨 and king 艢ubhamati from Kautukama峁単ala, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.4.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淢aithila (Janaka) and Aik峁膩ka (Da艣aratha) wandering together, united, in the same condition, friends, went to the north country. They heard of a 蝉惫补测补峁僾补谤补 of 碍补颈办别测墨, the daughter of King 艢ubhamati in the city Kautukama峁単ala, borne by P峁泃hv墨艣r墨, sister of Dro峁嘺megha, a depository of the seventy-two arts, and they went to the pavilion. They sat down on the platform in the midst of the kings headed by Hariv膩ha峁嘺, like ha峁僺as on a lotus. [...]鈥�.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykaik膿y墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥攆 (S) Proper name of the wife of janaka, or the stepmother of Rama. Hence, appellatively, a shrew, scold, virago.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkaik膿y墨 (啶曕啶曕啶).鈥�f The wife of 诲补艣补谤补迟丑补. Hence ap- pellatively, a shrew, a scold, virago.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶):鈥擺from kaikeya > kaikaya] f. the daughter of a prince of the Kekayas (one of the wives of Da艣a-ratha and mother of Bharata, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Raghuva峁兣沘]), [惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; Da艣akum膩ra-carita]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary碍补颈办别测墨 (啶曕啶曕啶):鈥�(测墨) 3. f. One of the wives of Dasharatha, mother of Bharata.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaik膿yi (喈曕瘓喈曕瘒喈) noun < idem. See 喈曕瘓喈曕瘒喈氞. 喈曕瘓喈曕瘒喈 喈ㄠ喈┼瘓喈ㄠ瘝喈� 喈曕喁佮喁嵿喈苦喁佮喁� [kaigesi. kaigeyi ninaintha karuthithuvo] (喈曕喁嵿喈班喈喈喈瘝 喈喈班喈熰瘝喈熰喈曕喈權瘝. [kambaramayanam pirattigalang.] 15).
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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Full-text (+47): Manthara, Bharataprasu, Kekeyi, Shatrughna, Bharata, Kekaya, Kaikeya, Dasharatha, Gandhara, Kaikaya, Timidhvaja, Kaikai, Kegaya, Sumitra, Matrigandhini, Kekasamavashi, Takkatu, Sanubandha, Nang kaiyakesi, Kaya-kesi.
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Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
I.2. Marriage of Kaikeyi and the granting of a Boon < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
I.1. Queens of Dasaratha < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
III.2. Rama鈥檚 voluntary exile < [Chapter 3 - Comparative study of the Rama-story]
Ramayana of Valmiki (Griffith) (by Ralph T. H. Griffith)
Chapter XXI: Kaushalya Calmed < [Book II]
Chapter LXXVIII: Manthara Punished < [Book II]
Chapter IX: The Plot < [Book II]
Manthara < [January 鈥� March, 1985]
The Hand of Destiny < [January 鈥� March, 1978]
The Concept of Greatness in the Ramayana < [April 鈥� June, 1982]
Bhasa (critical and historical study) (by A. D. Pusalker)
Chapter 7.10 - Study of the Bhasa鈥檚 Pratima
Chapter 12 - Marriage laws and customs (during Bhasa鈥檚 time)
Jivanandana of Anandaraya Makhin (Study) (by G. D. Jayalakshmi)
Analysis of Arth膩ntara峁噛膩sa-膩la峁卥膩ra < [Chapter 6 - Dramatic aspects of the J墨vanandana N膩峁璦ka]
Ramayana of Valmiki (Shastri) (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 58 - Rama鈥檚 Lament < [Book 3 - Aranya-kanda]
Chapter 48 - Ayodhya without Shri Ramachandra is bereft of beauty < [Book 2 - Ayodhya-kanda]
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