As a deity name
Name 353 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 983 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
राजा · masculine
a male given name, Raja, from Sanskrit
राजा · masculine
king, monarch, sovereign, ruler; king
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राजा॑ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Sanskrit राज॑न् (rā́jan) Sanskrit राजा॑ (rā́jā)bor. Hindi राजा Borrowed from Sanskrit राजा॑ (rā́jā), from राज॑न् (rā́jan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, from *h₃reǵ- + *-s. Doublet …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘k˚ of k˚’, a supreme sovereign, emperor, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rājarājāya" is the dative of "rājarāja" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "rājarāja" is derived from "rājarāj" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
rāja—rāj m. a king of kings, supreme sovereign, R.; BhP.
N. of the moon, Hariv.
rāja—rāja m. ‘k˚ of k˚’, a supreme sovereign, emperor, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of Kubera, ib.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
rāja—rāja m. ‘k˚ of k˚’, a supreme sovereign, emperor, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of Kubera, ib.
rāja—rāj m. a king of kings, supreme sovereign, R.; BhP.
N. of the moon, Hariv.
Alternative readings
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