Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sorrow”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sorrow”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
राग · noun · masculine
किसी इष्ट वस्तु या सुख आदि को प्राप्त करने की इच्छा । प्रिय या आभमत वस्तु का प्राप्त करने की आभिलापा । प्रिय या सुखद वस्तु की ओर आकर्षण या प्रवृत्ति । सांसारिक सुखों की चाह · क्लेश । कष्ट । पीड़ा । तकलीफ · मत्सर । ईर्ष्या । द्वेष — Śabdasāgara
राग · rāg · s.m.
Colour, hue, tint, dye; mental affection, emotion, feeling, passion, love, affection, desire; joy; sorrow — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 583
राग · masculine
colour; emotion, feeling; passion; love
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit राग (rāga).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rāga m. (fr. √ rañj; ifc. ā, or ī) the act of colouring or dyeing (cf. mūrdhaja-r˚)
colour, hue, tint, dye, (esp.) red colour, redness, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
colour, hue, tint, dye, (esp.) red colour, redness, &c.
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M1 · same meaning "rāga" is the vocative of "rāgā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rāga m. (fr. √ rañj; ifc. ā, or ī) the act of colouring or dyeing (cf. mūrdhaja-r˚)
colour, hue, tint, dye, (esp.) red colour, redness, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
inflammation, Car.
any feeling or passion, (esp.) love, affection or sympathy for, vehement desire of, interest or joy or delight in (loc. or comp.), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
loveliness, beauty (esp. of voice or song), Śak.; Pañcat.
rāgā (ā), f. Eleusine Coracana (a sort of grain, commonly called Rāggy, and much cultivated in the south of India), L.
N. of the second daughter of Aṅgiras, MBh.
Alternative readings
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