Rajendra (name)
Appearance
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. OCLC 685239912.
- ^ Indra is also the name of the Vedic deity Indra.