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) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɑː.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 (rāghava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राघवः rāghavaḥ	राघवौ / राघवा¹ rāghavau / rāghavā¹	राघवाः / राघवासः¹ rāghavāḥ / rāghavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	राघव rāghava	राघवौ / राघवा¹ rāghavau / rāghavā¹	राघवाः / राघवासः¹ rāghavāḥ / rāghavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	राघवम् rāghavam	राघवौ / राघवा¹ rāghavau / rāghavā¹	राघवान् rāghavān
Instrumental	राघवेण rāghaveṇa	राघवाभ्याम् rāghavābhyām	राघवैः / राघवेभिः¹ rāghavaiḥ / 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
Notes	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.