Rakesha, Rākeśa, Raka-isha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Rākeśa can be transliterated into English as Rakesa or Rakesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Rakesh.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Rākeśa (राकेश).—
1) full moon; दृष्टं वनं कुमुदितं राकेशकररञ्जितम् (dṛṣṭaṃ vanaṃ kumuditaṃ rākeśakararañjitam) Bhāgavata 1.29.21.
2) Name of Śiva.
Derivable forms: rākeśaḥ (राकेशः).
Rākeśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rākā and īśa (ईश).
1) Rākeśa (राकेश):—[from rākā > rās] m. idem, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Rākeśa (राकेश) [Also spelled rakesh]:—(nm) the moon.
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