masculine · ketu 1 · ketu 2
flag
Ketu [Vedic ketu, °(s)qait, clear; cf. Latin caelum (= °caidlom), Old High German heitar, heit; Gothic haidus; English °hood, original appearance, form, like] 1. ray, beam of light, splendour, effulgence Thag 64; which is a riddle on the various meanings of ketu. 2. flag, banner, sign, perhaps as token of splendour Thag 64. dhamma-k° having the Doctrine as his banner A I 109 = III 149; dhūma-k° having smoke as its splendour, of fire, Ja IV 26; Vv-a 161 in explanation of dhūmasikha. -kamyatā desire for prominence, self-advertisement (perhaps vainglory, arrogance) Vism 469; Dhs 1116 ( Expos. 479), 1233 = Nidd II §505; Nidd I on Snp 829 (= uṇṇama); — mālā "garland of rays" Vv-a 323.
pride, arrogance; wisdom; discernment
【陽】 旗子，旗幟。~kamyatā,【陰】 自負，極度的虛榮心。~mantu,【形】 以旗子裝飾。
(masc, masc) flag; banner; pendant flag, banner
(masc, masc) light; ray of light; light beam