राघव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰাঘৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬵᬖᬯ (Balinese script)
• রাঘব (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰯𑰑𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀸𑀖𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ရာဃဝ (Burmese script)
• રાઘવ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਾਘਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌾𑌘𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦴꦓꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂰𑂐𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ರಾಘವ (Kannada script)
• រាឃវ (Khmer script)
• ຣາຆວ (Lao script)
• രാഘവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘰𑘑𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧑𑦱𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐵𑐑𑐰 (Newa script)
• ରାଘଵ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢵꢕꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆳𑆔𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖯𑖑𑖪 (Siddham script)
• රාඝව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩛𑩟𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚭𑚍𑚦 (Takri script)
• ராக⁴வ (Tamil script)
• రాఘవ (Telugu script)
• ราฆว (Thai script)
• རཱ་གྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒰𑒒𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨊𑨎𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of रघु (raghú, “Raghu”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɡʱɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɡʱɐ.ʋɐ/

Proper noun

राघव • (rāghava) stem, m

1. a member of the Raghuvaṃśa dynasty, descended from Raghu
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.16:

     स च तान् राघवो ज्ञात्वा विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम्।
     गच्छन्नेवाथ मधुरं श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

     sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim.
     gacchannevātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt.

     After having acquired the knowledge of the weapons Rāghava addressed maharṣi Viśvāmitra in gentle and soft words while walking along with him.

2. a male given name, equivalent to English Raghava
3. (in the dual) Rāma and Lakshmana

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of राघव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	राघवः (rāghavaḥ)	राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹)	राघवाः (rāghavāḥ) राघवासः¹ (rāghavāsaḥ¹)
vocative	राघव (rāghava)	राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹)	राघवाः (rāghavāḥ) राघवासः¹ (rāghavāsaḥ¹)
accusative	राघवम् (rāghavam)	राघवौ (rāghavau) राघवा¹ (rāghavā¹)	राघवान् (rāghavān)
instrumental	राघवेण (rāghaveṇa)	राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām)	राघवैः (rāghavaiḥ) राघवेभिः¹ (rāghavebhiḥ¹)
dative	राघवाय (rāghavāya)	राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām)	राघवेभ्यः (rāghavebhyaḥ)
ablative	राघवात् (rāghavāt)	राघवाभ्याम् (rāghavābhyām)	राघवेभ्यः (rāghavebhyaḥ)
genitive	राघवस्य (rāghavasya)	राघवयोः (rāghavayoḥ)	राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām)
locative	राघवे (rāghave)	राघवयोः (rāghavayoḥ)	राघवेषु (rāghaveṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: Raghava
• → Tamil: இராகவன் (irākavaṉ)
• ⇒ Telugu: రాఘవుడు (rāghavuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “राघव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 872, column 2.