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Definition of Kartikeya
1. Noun. Hindu god of bravery.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kartikeya
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 ..."