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Raghuvaṃśa is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kalidasa.
Raghuvamsha may also refer to:
- Raghuvaṃśa (dynasty), named after Raghu
- Raghuvamsham (film), a 1978 Indian film by Adoor Bhasi
Raghuvaṃśa is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kalidasa.
Raghuvamsha may also refer to:
Raghu is a ruler of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. According to the Raghuvamsha, he is the son of King Dilīpa and Queen Sudakshina. His successors styled themselves as belonging to the eponymous Raghuvamsha dynasty, or the Raghukula, after him. The history of his dynasty is elaborated upon by the poet Kalidasa in his Raghuvamsha. He is the great-grandfather of the avatar of Vishnu, Rama.
Aja is a king featured in Hindu texts. He is the son of Raghu. His paternal grandfather is the pious king Dilipa. He rules the kingdom of Kosala on the southern banks of the river Sarayu, with Ayodhya as his capital. His wife Indumati is the princess of Vidarbha, and his son is Dasharatha, the father of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
Raghuvaṃśa is a Sanskrit epic poem (mahakavya) by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. Though an exact date of composition is unknown, the poet is presumed to have flourished in the 5th century CE. It narrates, in 19 sargas (cantos), the stories related to the Raghu dynasty, namely the family of Dilipa and his descendants up to Agnivarna, who include Raghu, Dasharatha and Rama.
Raghunandan is a name of Rama, the legendary king of Ayodhya in India. Rama, who is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was a descendant of the king Raghu.
Parama Kamboja Kingdom was mentioned in the epic Mahabharata to be on the far north west along with the Bahlika, Uttara Madra and Uttara Kuru countries. It was located in parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Suhma Kingdom was an ancient state during the Late Vedic period on the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal. The kingdom included present day districts of Midnapore and parts of Hoogly and Howrah. This kingdom was mentioned in the epic Mahabharata along with its neighbouring kingdom Prasuhma.
Raghuvamsha Sudha is a popular kriti in Carnatic music, composed by Patnam Subramania Iyer in Sanskrit language. It is set in the raga Kadanakuthuhalam and is in Aadi tala. It has been rendered by several musicians, including: Chembai, M. S. Subbulakshmi, K. J. Yesudas; Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, Amrutha Venkatesh, Mandolin U. Srinivas, and E. Gayathri. It is praising Lord Rama. The Cittasvara of this composition is composed by Tiruvayyar Subrahmaniya Iyer or popularly called Patnam Subramania Iyer
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Raghu Ram Ambadapudi is an Indian television producer and actor. He was a senior supervising producer at MTV India and the creator of reality television shows MTV Roadies, MTV Dropout Pvt Ltd and MTV Splitsvilla. He was married to actress Sugandha Garg. He has a twin brother, Rajiv Lakshman who worked with him on MTV Roadies. The brothers launched their own content studio called Monozygotic Solutions Pvt. Ltd in 2014.
Bheeman Raghu is an Indian actor, singer, dancer, former politician and police officer (retired) who appears mainly in Malayalam films and is best known for his villainous and comedy roles. In a career spanning over three decades, he has appeared in more than 400 films, and has started doing comic roles as well.
Varatantu is a sage in Hinduism. He establishes a school of thought called Vāratantavīya.
Raghavan is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit raghava, meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu", plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. Although it is used as a given name in India it has also come to be used as a family name in the United States.
Aithalakkadi is a 2010 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by J.G. Krishna. The film stars Rangayana Raghu and Bullet Prakash in leading roles. The music of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila.
Raghuvaṃśa or Raghukula is a legendary Indian dynasty in the Itihasa-Purana, considered an offshoot of the Sūryavaṃśa or the Ikshvaku dynasty lineage of kings tracing its ancestry to the sun deity Surya. Any king who belongs to Raghuvaṃśa, referred to as Raghuvaṃśī, as a result also belongs to Sūryavaṃśa. The dynasty is named after Raghu, a legendary king who protected the sacrificial horse of Ashvamedha from Indra. Raghuvaṃśī kings include Mandhata, Harishchandra, Sagara, Bhagiratha, Dilīpa, Raghu, Aja, Dasharatha and Rama.
Badlapur is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Sunil Lulla under Maddock Films and Eros International. Based on the novel Death's Dark Abyss by Italian writer Massimo Carlotto, the film stars Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, with Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam, Vinay Pathak, Kumud Mishra, Divya Dutta and Radhika Apte in supporting roles. The film was released on 20 February 2015 to high critical acclaim from critics & audiences praising Raghavan’s direction, film’s dark tone & theme, screenplay & narration, soundtrack, cinematography & performances especially of Nawazuddin & Dhawan. Box Office India reported that Badlapur was a commercial success with grossed approximately ₹81.3 crore (US$10 million) worldwide.
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Raghu was a ruler of the Indian Ikshvaku dynasty. Raghu may also refer to
Raghu or Reghu is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: