As a deity name
Name 150 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: the father of Hanumat
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "keśari" is the vocative of "keśarin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
keśari m. (= ˚rin), N. of the father of Hanumat, R. iv, 33, 14
keśarin or kesarin, mfn. having a mane, MBh. i, iii; (ī), m. a lion, MBh.; Suśr.; Bhartṛ. &c.; a horse, TBr., Sch.; N. of an aquatic bird, Car. i, 27; the plant Rottleria tinctoria, L.; the plant Mesua ferrea, L.; a citron tree, L.; a variety of Moringa with red flowers (= rakta-śigru), L.; N. of a monkey (husband of the mother of Hanumat), MBh. iii, 11193; R.; Daś.; N. of a prince, Lalit.; of a mountain, VP. (iṇī), f. a lioness, Kathās. lxx, 102.
kesa(śa)rin m. [keśa-sa-ra-ini] 1 A lion; anuhuṃkurute ghanadhvaniṃ na hi gomāyurutāni kesarī Śi. 16. 25; dhanurdharaḥ kesariṇaṃ dadarśa R. 2. 29; Ś. 7. 3. 2 The best, excellent, or most pro minent of a class (at the end ofcomp.); cf. kuṃjara, siṃha &c. 3 A horse. 4 The citron plant. 5 The Punnāga tree. 6 N. of the father of Hanūmat. Comp. — sutaḥ an epithet of Hanūmat.
Alternative readings
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