केश [ keśa ] [ kéśa ]1 m. (√ [ kliś ] Lit. Uṇ. ; ifc. [ ā ] or [ ī ] Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 54) the hair of the head Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. ŚBr.

the mane (of a horse or lion) Lit. MBh. i , 8008 Lit. Śak. Sch.

a kind of perfume ( [ hrīvera ] ) Lit. L.

N. of a mineral Lit. VarBṛS. lxxvii , 23

N. of Varuṇa Lit. L.

of Vishṇu Lit. L.

of a Daitya Lit. L.

of a locality Lit. Romakas.

(pl.) the tail (of the Bos grunniens) Lit. Pāṇ. 2-3 , 36 Lit. Kāś. ( v.l. [ vāla ] )

[ keśī ] f. a lock of hair on the crown of the head Lit. L.

the Indigo plant Lit. L.

Carpopogon pruriens Lit. L.

another plant ( [ bhūta-keśī ] ) Lit. L.

N. of Durgā Lit. L.