केशिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কেশিন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬾᬰᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কেশিন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰸𑰫𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁂𑀰𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကေၐိန် (Burmese script)
• કેશિન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੇਸ਼ਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍇𑌶𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦯꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂵𑂬𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೇಶಿೝ (Kannada script)
• កេឝិន៑ (Khmer script)
• ເກຨິນ຺ (Lao script)
• കേശിന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡝᡧᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘹𑘫𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠧᠱᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧚𑧋𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐾𑐱𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• କେଶିନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢾꢯꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆼𑆯𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖸𑖫𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කෙශින් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩔𑩿𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚲𑚧𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• கேஶிந் (Tamil script)
• కేశిౝ (Telugu script)
• เกศินฺ (Thai script)
• ཀེ་ཤི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒹𑒬𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨄𑨮𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of केश (kéśa, “hair”) +‎ -इन् (-in, “possesing”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐj.ɕin/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ɕin̪/

Adjective

केशिन् • (kéśin) stem

1. having fine or long hair (said of Rudra, cf. कपर्दिन्, of his female attendants, of female demons, and of men)
2. having a mane (as Indra's and Agni's horses)
3. having tips (as rays or flames)

Noun

केशिन् • (kéśin) stem, m

1. name of Rudra.
2. name of Vishnu
3. a horse
4. a lion
5. name of an Asura slain by Krishna
6. name of दार्भ्य or दाल्भ्य
7. name of a son of वसुदेव and कौशल्या

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of केशिन् (keśin)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	केशी keśī	केशिनौ / केशिना¹ keśinau / keśinā¹	केशिनः keśinaḥ
Vocative	केशिन् keśin	केशिनौ / केशिना¹ keśinau / keśinā¹	केशिनः keśinaḥ
Accusative	केशिनम् keśinam	केशिनौ / केशिना¹ keśinau / keśinā¹	केशिनः keśinaḥ
Instrumental	केशिना keśinā	केशिभ्याम् keśibhyām	केशिभिः keśibhiḥ
Dative	केशिने keśine	केशिभ्याम् keśibhyām	केशिभ्यः keśibhyaḥ
Ablative	केशिनः keśinaḥ	केशिभ्याम् keśibhyām	केशिभ्यः keśibhyaḥ
Genitive	केशिनः keśinaḥ	केशिनोः keśinoḥ	केशिनाम् keśinām
Locative	केशिनि keśini	केशिनोः keśinoḥ	केशिषु keśiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.