1. pride, arrogance.
2. wisdom; discernment.

…on the various meanings of ketu. 2. flag, banner, sign perhaps as token of splendour Thag.64. dhamma-k˚ having the Doctrine as his banner…

…thousand cities with Ketumatī at the head. DN.iii.75

The Buddha once declared that the people of Jambudīpa excel those of both Uttarakuru…

The name of a Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of their names. MN.iii.70

…will be the Cakkavatti of Ketumatī at the time of the appearance of Metteyya Buddha in the world. He will raise up again the palace of King…

not fraudulent, honest

not fraudulent, honest

with dhamma as one’s banner.

cheating, fraudulent, deceiving.

cheating, fraudulent, deceiving.

…cp. Sk. citra, Sk. P. ketu, Av. ciprō, Lat. caelum Ags. hador, Ohg. heitar, see also…

…of the B. DN.iii.84;

• -ketu the standard of the Dh., or Dh. as standard AN.i.109 = AN.iii.149;
• -khandha the (4) main…

…= origin. “form” see ketu), so perhaps in Nibbāna˚ = Nibbāna-dom. Cp dhātuka 2. elements in sense-consciousness:…

…Vin.ii.172 Vin.ii.288;

• -ketu fire (lit. whose sign is smoke) Ja.iv.26; Ja.v.63
• -jāla a mass of smoke…

…puñcikatā) of māna; ketu˚; Cnd.505; Dhs.1116 = Dhs.1233; Vb.350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu˚ (variant reading cāṭu˚) Vb.246…

…puñcikatā) of māna; ketu˚; Cnd.505; Dhs.1116 = Dhs.1233; Vb.350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu˚ (variant reading cāṭu˚) Vb.246…

…puñcikatā) of māna; ketu˚; Cnd.505; Dhs.1116 = Dhs.1233; Vb.350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu˚ (variant reading cāṭu˚) Vb.246…

…puñcikatā) of māna; ketu˚; Cnd.505; Dhs.1116 = Dhs.1233; Vb.350 sq.; Bdhd 24; of lapanā: pāṭu˚ (variant reading cāṭu˚) Vb.246…

to buy; Inf. ketuṃ Ja.iii.282; cp. kiṇāti.

krī, perhaps connected with kṛ

adjective having flags, adorned with flags Vv-a.50.

fr. ketu

see kayati.

explained by Buddhaghosa DN-a.i.247 as “the science which assists the officiating priests by laying down rules for the rites, or by leaving them to their discretion” (so Trenckner, J.P.T.S. 1908, 1 …

MN-a.152 (on MN.i.32) has “trained deceivers (sikkhitā kerātikā); very deceitful false all through”; MN.iii.6 = AN.iii.199.

deriv. unknown

…bandhaketuvanto Vv-a.50); Vv-a.6 (upari˚, with upper storey) variant reading kuṭṭhāgāra; Pv-a.282 (˚dhaja with a…

…dhajo sampaggāho ketukamyatā cittassa: same formula, as concluding exegesis of māna at Cnd.505; Dhs.1116);…

…“māno maññanā… ketukamyatā” etc. (cp. Vb.350 & see under; mada). On term see also Dhs § 1116; Dhs trsl. 298 (=…

…(vetaraṇī˚); Ja.vi.518 (Ketumatī); Pv.iv.3#54; Vism.468 (sīghasotā); Pv-a.256 (m˚); Sdhp.21, Sdhp.194, Sdhp.574
■ gen. sg nadiyā…

an explained word or a word explⁿ, vocabulary, gloss, usually in ster. formula marking the accomplishments of a learned Brahmin “sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ… padako” (see detail under keṭubha) …

…interpreted as belonging to ketu “sign, characteristic, mark,” and niketa-sārin would have to be taken as “following the banner or flag…

…Vin.iii.53, Vin.iii.78.

saṃ + keta: see ketu

…Ja.i.227, Ja.i.377 (ger. vikkiṇitvā); Pv-a.100 (id.), Pv-a.191 (aor. vikkiṇi)
inf vikketu ṃ Ja.iii.283
grd vikkiṇiya = for…