Ketu
केतु
Ketú
Ketu is a chaya graham, a shadow planet. Ketu and another such planet known as Rahu were included in the nine planet of Indian astrology. Astronomically, Rahu and Ketu denote the points of intersection of the paths of the Sun and the Moon as they move on the celestial sphere. The eclipses happens when the Sun and the Moon are at one of these points; this give rise to the feeling that the Sun and the Moon are being swallowed by the snakes known as Rahu and Ketu during elclips.
Ketu is the power of intuition. The word occur 66 times in R.V. Ketu is opposite of aketu, which means no intuitive power
Ketu and Rahu are feared in Purana. Ketu is generally known as the planet of illusion, detachment, spirituality, asceticism, but tamasik in nature. It is not as malefic as Rahu. Ketu and Rahu are half-bodied representing spiritual and material possessions. Ketu is with only lower half body of a snake and Rahu with only the upper half. So, both of them are with incomplete body. It is also said that whatever Rahu gives, Ketu takes away. Rahu always dominate because of its materialistic nature, Ketu is submissive and susceptible.
R.V. 1.6.3
Word | Sanskrit | IAST | In General | Veda | Purana | |
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Ashvaketu | अश्वकेतु | aśvaketu | Son of King of Gandhara. He fought on the side of the Kauravas and was killed in the battle by... | Read More | ||
Dandaketu | दण्डकेतु | daṇḍaketu | A warrior who fought on the side of the Pandavas. Dandaketu fought on the back of an attractive... | Read More | ||
Dhrstaketu | दृष्टकेतु | dṛṣṭaketu | Dhrstaketu was a king of Kekeya. To support Pandavas in the Bharatha war he came with an... | Read More | ||
Shwataketu | Shwataketu was the son of great sage Udalak. He had a famous brother named Nachiketa and a... | An Upanishad Rishi | Read More | |||
Svetaketu | श्वेतकेतु | Śvetaketu | An Upanishad Rishi and son of Sage Uddalaka. Svatasvetara Upanishad is by him. He is a... | Read More | ||
Svetaketu Vidya | श्वेतकेतु विद्या | śvetaketu vidya | Upanishad uses the word vidya as a technique to do spiritual Sadana. It is meditation and... | This Vidya occurs in the Chhandogyopanishad (6.8). Uddalaka instructs Svetaketu on the... | Read More |