As a deity name
Name 728 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 53 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 293 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 511 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
रवि · noun · masculine
सूर्य · मदार का पेड़ । आक · अग्नि — Śabdasāgara
रवि · ravi · s.m.
The sun — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 608
रवि · masculine
a male given name, Ravi, from Sanskrit
रवि · masculine
Sun
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रवि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ravi m. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 138, Sch. fr. √ 1. ru) a partic. form of the sun (sometimes regarded as one of the 12 Ādityas; hence ravi is also a N. of the number ‘twelve’), Var.; Hariv. &c.
the sun (in general) or the sun-god, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. form of the sun (sometimes regarded as one of the 12 Ādityas; hence ravi is also a N. of the number ‘twelve’), &c.
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Dictionary citations
ravi m. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 138, Sch. fr. √ 1. ru) a partic. form of the sun (sometimes regarded as one of the 12 Ādityas; hence ravi is also a N. of the number ‘twelve’), Var.; Hariv. &c.
the sun (in general) or the sun-god, Mn.; MBh. &c.
= ravidina, Sunday, Inscr.
Calotropis Gigantea, L.
a mountain, L.
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