Rajendra (name)
Rajendra is popular Hindu given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit rājendra 'lord of kings', 'supreme sovereign',[1] which is a compound of the words rāja 'king' and indra 'supreme'.[2]
People with this given name
- Rajendra Chola I, a Chola emperor
- Rajendra Chola II, a Chola emperor
- Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India
- Rajendra Prasad (actor), a Telugu language actor
- Rajendra Krishan, a Bollywood lyricist and writer
Notes and references
- ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899), A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-864308-1
- ↑ Indra is also the name of a Vedic deity.
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