रघुनन्दन

Sanskrit

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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.ɡʱuˈn̪ɐn̪.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Proper noun

रघुनन्दन • (raghunandana) stem, m

(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 (raghunandana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रघुनन्दनः raghunandanaḥ	रघुनन्दनौ / रघुनन्दना¹ raghunandanau / raghunandanā¹	रघुनन्दनाः / रघुनन्दनासः¹ raghunandanāḥ / raghunandanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रघुनन्दन raghunandana	रघुनन्दनौ / रघुनन्दना¹ raghunandanau / raghunandanā¹	रघुनन्दनाः / रघुनन्दनासः¹ raghunandanāḥ / raghunandanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रघुनन्दनम् raghunandanam	रघुनन्दनौ / रघुनन्दना¹ raghunandanau / raghunandanā¹	रघुनन्दनान् raghunandanān
Instrumental	रघुनन्दनेन raghunandanena	रघुनन्दनाभ्याम् raghunandanābhyām	रघुनन्दनैः / रघुनन्दनेभिः¹ raghunandanaiḥ / 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
Notes	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.