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Grammar Search
"raghu" has 3 results
raghu: neuter nominative singular stem: raghu
raghu: neuter accusative singular stem: raghu
raghu: neuter vocative singular stem: raghu
Monier-Williams Search
8 results for raghu"
Devanagari
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raghumf(v/ī-)n. ( raṃh-; see laghu-) hastening, going speedily, fleet, rapid View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghumf(v/ī-)n. light, fickle View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. a racer, fleet courser View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. Name of an ancient king and ancestor of rāma- (described in raghu-vaṃśa- as son of dilīpa- and su-dakṣiṇā-;he was father of aja- who was father of daśa-ratha-;hence he was great-grandfather of rāma-;in the rāmāyaṇa- raghu- is said to be son of kakutstha-;in the hari-vaṃśa- two raghu-s are mentioned among the ancestors of rāma-) () View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. of a son of gautama- buddha- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. of various authors (also with daiva-jña-and sūri-) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. = the poem raghu-vaṃśa- (see next) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
raghum. plural the descendants of raghu- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
Apte Search
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raghu रघु a. Ved. 1 Quick, rapid. -2 Light, nimble. -3 Fickle -4 Eager. -घुः 1 N. of a celebrated king of the solar race, son of Dilīpa and father of Aja. [He appears to have been called Raghu from ragh or raṅgh 'to go', because his father foresaw that the boy would 'go' to the end of the holy learning as well as of his enemies in battle; cf. R.3.21. True to his name, he commenced the conquest of the directions, went over the whole of the then known world, overcame kings in battle, and returned covered with glory and laden with spoils. He then performed the Viśvajit sacrifice in which he gave away everything to Brāh- maṇas and made his son Aja successor to the throne.] -2 (pl.) The Raghus or descendants of Raghu; रघूणा- मन्वयं वक्ष्ये तनुवाग्विभवो$पि सन् R.1.9. -Comp. -उद्वहः the best of the Raghus i. e. Rāma. -कारः the author of Raghuvaṁśa i. e. Kālidāsa; पूर्वैर्विभिन्नवृत्तां गुणाढ्भव- भूतिबाणरघुकारैः Govardhanasaptaśatī; क इह रघुकारे न रमते Subhāṣ. -नन्दनः, -नाथः, -पतिः, -श्रेष्ठः, -सिंहः &c. epithets of Rāma; रघुनाथो$प्यगस्त्येन मार्गसंदर्शितात्मना R.; Rāma-rakṣā S. -प्रतिनिधिः the image or representative of Raghu, i. e. Aja; R.5.63. -वंशः the family of the Raghus; रघुवंशप्रदीपेन तेनाप्रमिततेजसा R.1.68. (-शम्) N. of a celebrated classical poem by Kālidāsa decribing the family of the Raghus in nineteen cantos. ˚तिलकः N. of Rāma; यजति रघुवंशतिलकः कौसल्यानन्दवर्धनो रामः Rām.
Macdonell Search
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raghu ] a. (v-&isharp;) speed ing, fleet (V.); m. courser (V.); N. of an ancient king, ancestor of Râma: pl. descend ants of Raghu; -tilaka, m. ep. of Râma; -drú, a. running swiftly (RV.); -nandana, m. descendant of Raghu, ep. of Râma; -nâ tha, m. ep. of Râma; -pati, m. lord of the Raghus, ep. of Râma; -pátvan, a. flying swiftly (RV.); -vamsa, m. Raghu's race: T. of a well-known poem by Kâlidâsa: -samgîv anî, f. T. of Mallinâtha's commentary on the Raghuvamsa; -shyád, a. gliding swiftly (V.); -svâmin, -½uttama, -½udvaha, m. ep. of Râma.
Vedabase Search
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raghu noun (masculine) the poem raghu-vaṃśa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a racer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fleet courser (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Gautama Buddha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ancient king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

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