रघुनन्दन

Sanskrit

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

(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)
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)
vocative	रघुनन्दन (raghunandana)	रघुनन्दनौ (raghunandanau) रघुनन्दना¹ (raghunandanā¹)	रघुनन्दनाः (raghunandanāḥ) रघुनन्दनासः¹ (raghunandanāsaḥ¹)

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.