Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit word and mythological name.
Ketu has senses including sign, banner, and a luminous appearance; its use for a lunar node is a specialized inherited sense.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: ketu (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
Orbital geometry with traditional meaning
Ketu is placed opposite the selected ascending node. Its longitude follows from that choice; meanings involving detachment or past experience cannot be inferred from the orbital intersection alone.
P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology, An Integrated Approach ↗
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