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kekaya: masculine vocative singular stem: kekaya

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kekaya

m. plural Name of a warrior-tribe

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m. (

and gaRa bhargādi-) a chief of that tribe (prince of the solar race)

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kekayaḥ	केकयः (Pl.) N. of a country and its people; मगध- कोसलकेकयशासिनां दुहितरः R.9.17; केकयमित्रयुप्रलयानां यादेरियः P.VII.3.2. -यी (also केकेयी) N. of the wife of Daśaratha.

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kekaya	m. pl. N. of a people; sg. king of --, î, f. princess of Kekaya.

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kekaya	Is the name of a tribe which in later days, and probably also in Vedic times, was settled in the north-west, between the Sindhu (Indus) and Vitastā. In the Vedic texts the Kekayas are mentioned indirectly only in the name of their prince Aśvapati Kaikeya.

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kekaya	in northeast Punjab, the region between the Śatadru and Vipāśā rivers	SB 10.86.20

kekayaḥ	Kekaya	SB 9.23.2

kekayaiḥ	the Kekayas	SB 10.72.13

kāśi-kekaya-sṛñjayān	also the Kāśīs, Kekayas and Sṛñjayas	SB 10.84.55-56

kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ	the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas	SB 10.75.12

kāśi-kekaya-sṛñjayān	also the Kāśīs, Kekayas and Sṛñjayas	SB 10.84.55-56

madra-kekayau	the kings of Madra and Kekaya	SB 10.82.23-26

kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ	the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas	SB 10.75.12

kuru-kekaya-kośalāḥ	the Kurus, Kekayas and Kośalas	SB 10.75.12

madra-kekayau	the kings of Madra and Kekaya	SB 10.82.23-26

kāśi-kekaya-sṛñjayān	also the Kāśīs, Kekayas and Sṛñjayas	SB 10.84.55-56

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kekaya	noun (masculine) a chief of the Kekaya tribe (prince of the solar race) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a son of Śibi name of a warrior-tribe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 3003/72933