Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Raja ( / ˈrɑːdʒɑː /; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The title was used by Indian sovereign monarchs, vassal rulers and highest ...
Maharaja [a] (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj) was a princely or royal title used by some Hindu monarchs since the ancient times. Maharaja is a compound word of Maha (great) and Raja (king). [2] In classical and medieval North India, it was used generally by vassal monarchs, though it was used by independent monarchs as well, especially in ...
According to the traditions "Vishnu, in the form of Chakra, was held as the ideal of worship for Kings desirous of obtaining Universal Sovereignty",: 48 a concept associated with the Bhagavata Puranas, a religious sanction traceable to the Gupta period, which also led to the chakravartin concept.
Rajaraja I ( Middle Tamil: Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ; 947 – 1014), [ 1][ 3] also known as Rajaraja the Great, was a Chola emperor who reigned from 985 CE to 1014 CE. He is known for his conquests of South India and parts of Sri Lanka, and increasing Chola influence across the Indian Ocean. [ 4][ 5]
Rai (title) Rai is a historical title of royalty and nobility in the Indian subcontinent used by rulers and chieftains of many princely states. It is derived from Raja (king). The Marathi/Telugu variant Rai was used as a substitute to King. When Babur conquered Hindustan, he found many principalities which had been subordinated by the Emperor ...
Description. A rajarshi may be described to be a king (raja) who adopted a path of devotion, thereby becoming a royal sage (rishi). A rajarshi does not have to leave the kingship to become rishi, as in the example of Vishvamitra (who later becomes a Brahmarishi ), but could attain the status of a sage through self-realisation during his reign.
Harishchandra and Vishvamitra Raja Ravi Varma, Harishchandra and Taramati. In the Puranas, Harishchandra is the son of Trishanku. The Vishnu Purana mentions him, but does not describe his life in detail. The Markandeya Purana contains a detailed legend about his life, narrated by wise birds to the sage Jaimini.
Raja ( transl. King) is a 1995 Indian Hindi -language action romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Indra Kumar and starring Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Mukesh Khanna, Dalip Tahil, Rita Bhaduri and Himani Shivpuri appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 2 June 1995 and was a commercial Blockbuster.