Son of Ekalavya. In
[Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva] it is mentioned that this King of the forest tribes fought on the side of Duryodhana and was killed by Bhīma.
KETUMĀN I Ketu the Asura (demon). (See under Ketu I).
KETUMĀN II A King who was a luminary in the council of Yudhiṣṭhira. He was a warrior on the side of the Kauravas and a friend of Śrutāyudha, the King of Kaliṅga. It is mentioned in
[Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 54, Stanza 77] , that Bhīmasena killed this warrior in the battle of Bhārata.
KETUMĀN III In the Mahābhārata, another Ketumān who had fought on the side of Pāṇḍavas, is stated. Dhṛtarāṣṭra had praised the valour of this warrior.
[M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 10, Stanza 44] .
KETUMĀN IV A palace in Dvārakā. It is mentioned in. Mahābhārata, Dākṣiṇātya-pāṭha, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 38, that Sudattā, the wife of Śrī Kṛṣṇa lived in this palace.
KETUMĀN V Antapāla (the guard of the boundary) of the west. At the beginning of the creation of the world Brahmā had appointed as guards of the boundaries, Sudhanvan in the east, Śaṅkhapāda in the south, Ketumān in the West and Hiraṇyaromaka in the North.
[Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19] .
KETUMĀN VI A King of the Puru dynasty. (See under Vaṁśāvalī).
KETUMĀN VII In Bhāgavata we see a Ketumān who was the son of Dhanvantari, who gave Āyurveda to the world. “Who was the deva who made the Āyurveda in days of old? His son was Ketumān whose son was Bhīmaratha.”
[Bhāgavata, Skandha 9] .