रघुनन्दन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰঘুনন্দন (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬖᬸᬦᬦ᭄ᬤᬦ (Balinese script)
• রঘুনন্দন (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰑𑰲𑰡𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀖𑀼𑀦𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ရဃုနန္ဒန (Burmese script)
• રઘુનન્દન (Gujarati script)
• ਰਘੁਨਨ੍ਦਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌘𑍁𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦓꦸꦤꦤ꧀ꦢꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂐𑂳𑂢𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ರಘುನನ್ದನ (Kannada script)
• រឃុនន្ទន (Khmer script)
• ຣຆຸນນ຺ທນ (Lao script)
• രഘുനന്ദന (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢚᡠᠨᠠᠨᡩᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘑𑘳𑘡𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᠺᠾᠤᠨᠠᠨᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦱𑧔𑧁𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐑𑐸𑐣𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐣 (Newa script)
• ରଘୁନନ୍ଦନ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢕꢸꢥꢥ꣄ꢣꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆔𑆶𑆤𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖑𑖲𑖡𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖡 (Siddham script)
• රඝුනන්‍දන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩟𑩒𑩯𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚍𑚰𑚝𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚝 (Takri script)
• ரகு⁴நந்த³ந (Tamil script)
• రఘునన్దన (Telugu script)
• รฆุนนฺทน (Thai script)
• ར་གྷུ་ན་ནྡ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒒𑒳𑒢𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨎𑨃𑨝𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of रघु (raghu, “Raghu; Raghu dynasty”) +‎ नाथ (nātha, “son; descendant”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ɡʱu.nɐn.dɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ɡʱu.n̪ɐn̪.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Proper noun

रघुनन्दन • (raghunandana) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Rama
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 7.82.9:

     अत्य् अद्भुतम् इदं वाक्यं तव राम शुभाक्षरम् ।
     पावनस् सर्वभूतानां त्वम् एव रघुनन्दन ॥

     aty adbhutam idaṃ vākyaṃ tava rāma śubhākṣaram.
     pāvanas sarvabhūtānāṃ tvam eva raghunandana.

     Very wonderful is your well-worded statement, O Rāma;
     You alone are holy of all beings, O descendant of Raghu.

   • Budhakauśika, Rāma Rakṣā Stotra 31:

     दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे तु जनकात्मजा ।
     पुरतो मारुतिर् यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम्‌ ॥

     dakṣiṇe lakṣmaṇo yasya vāme tu janakātmajā.
     purato mārutir yasya taṃ vande raghunandanam‌.

     On whose right is Lakshmana, while on the left, Sita; in front of whom is Hanuman, I bow to that Rama.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रघुनन्दन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रघुनन्दनः (raghunandanaḥ)	रघुनन्दनौ (raghunandanau) रघुनन्दना¹ (raghunandanā¹)	रघुनन्दनाः (raghunandanāḥ) रघुनन्दनासः¹ (raghunandanāsaḥ¹)
vocative	रघुनन्दन (raghunandana)	रघुनन्दनौ (raghunandanau) रघुनन्दना¹ (raghunandanā¹)	रघुनन्दनाः (raghunandanāḥ) रघुनन्दनासः¹ (raghunandanāsaḥ¹)
accusative	रघुनन्दनम् (raghunandanam)	रघुनन्दनौ (raghunandanau) रघुनन्दना¹ (raghunandanā¹)	रघुनन्दनान् (raghunandanān)
instrumental	रघुनन्दनेन (raghunandanena)	रघुनन्दनाभ्याम् (raghunandanābhyām)	रघुनन्दनैः (raghunandanaiḥ) रघुनन्दनेभिः¹ (raghunandanebhiḥ¹)
dative	रघुनन्दनाय (raghunandanāya)	रघुनन्दनाभ्याम् (raghunandanābhyām)	रघुनन्दनेभ्यः (raghunandanebhyaḥ)
ablative	रघुनन्दनात् (raghunandanāt)	रघुनन्दनाभ्याम् (raghunandanābhyām)	रघुनन्दनेभ्यः (raghunandanebhyaḥ)
genitive	रघुनन्दनस्य (raghunandanasya)	रघुनन्दनयोः (raghunandanayoḥ)	रघुनन्दनानाम् (raghunandanānām)
locative	रघुनन्दने (raghunandane)	रघुनन्दनयोः (raghunandanayoḥ)	रघुनन्दनेषु (raghunandaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Apabhramsa: रहुणन्दन (rahuṇandana)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रघुनन्दन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 860.