# रैक्व (raikva)

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रैक्व (raikva) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a man, a proper name.

- **SLP1:** `rEkva`  **IAST:** raikva  **Devanagari:** रैक्व
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raikva
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/raikva/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A proper name of a man (4 definitions)
- Name of a man  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 888,2] रैक्व (raikva) m. N. of a man, ChUp. ( cf. रयिक्व (rayikva) ). [ ID=179589 ]
- the name of a man  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रैक्व (raikva) [Printed book page 454 ] रैक्व (raikva) m. N. of a man. [ ID=27217 ]
- A proper name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > रैक्व (raikva) [Printed book page 0854-a ] Raikva, as, m., Ved. a proper N.; [cf. rayikva. ] —Raikva-parṇa, ās, m. pl., N. of a place. [ ID=39841 ]
- the name of a man mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > रैक्व (raikva) [Printed book page 2-226 ] Raikva is the name of a man who is mentioned several times in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (iv. 1, 3. 5. 8; 2, 2. 4). [ ID=2719 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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