Definition of Kartikeya

1. Noun. Hindu god of bravery.

Exact synonyms: Karttikeya
Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kartikeya

Karnofsky scale
Karnofsky score
Karo Batak
Karok
Karol Wojtyla
Karoo
Karpathos
Karpov
Kars
Karsavina
Karst
Kartagener's syndrome
Kartagener's triad
Kartagener syndrome
Kartik
Kartikeya
Karttika
Karttikeya
Kartu
Kartveli
Kartvelian
Kartvelians
Kartvelology
Karuk
Karuks
Kasabach
Kasai River
Kasai operation
Kasbarian
Kasbaryan

Literary usage of Kartikeya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"THE STORY OF THE BIRTH OF kartikeya AS NARRATED IN THE ... from the designation of the text, it deals with the episode of the birth of Kumara or kartikeya. ..."

2. A Handbook of Sanskrit Literature: With Appendices Descriptive of the by George Small (1866)
"Women worship and make special vows to kartikeya, in the hope of obtaining ... seems to he merely another form of kartikeya, and is regarded as the special ..."

3. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"kartikeya. kartikeya, the god of war, and generalissimo of the armies of the gods, though called the younger son of Siva and Parvati, according to most of ..."

4. Historical and Descriptive Account of British India, from the Most Remote by Hugh Murray, James Wilson, Robert Kaye Greville, Robert Jameson, Whitelaw Ainslie, William Rhind, William Wallace, Clarence Dalrymple (1832)
"kartikeya, the god of war, riding on a peacock, with six heads and twelve hands, in which numerous weapons are brandished, presents a striking specimen of ..."

5. Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity: Based on the Arthaṡâstra of Kautilya by Narendra Nath Law, Kauṭalya, Radhakumud Mookerji (1914)
"... new-moon and full-moon days, as also to or kartikeya, the god of war. We have now completed our account of the Department of Live Stock in Chandra ..."

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