Name: Raju
Gender: Male
Usage: Raju, of sanskrit origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Raju are in general originating from India, Saudi Arabia, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Raju across the world, see Raj.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Raju is: King.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Raju is ranked on the 1,600th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 281500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Raju has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Raju for each year.
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History and Origin
In Hinduism, Raju ('attacker' in Sanskrit) is the demon that causes every lunar and solar eclipse. In Buddhist mythology he is an angry god of many heads.
This daitia (demon 'descendant of Diti') was the horrendous son of Vipra Chitti and Siṃhikā, and had a dragon's tail.
He participated in the Lika (pastime or fun) called samudra manthan or sagara manthan ('Milk ocean shake').
The Purana explains the conflict between the daitia (demons) and the Aditiá (gods), and their search for amrita (nectar of immortality). In this līlā, there came a time when the demons stole the nectar (Amrita) from the gods. To rescue him (to give him to his friends the demigods), the god Vishnu took the form of Mohinī, a 'maddening' (wet) woman and approached the demons.
When the demons saw Mohinī's enchanting beauty, they lost all composure. While the demons were enchanted with the divine beauty, Mohinīse seized the nectar and distributed it among the gods.
The asura Raju suspected foul play and joined the line of the gods, to receive the nectar. Soma realized that Raju was about to drink the nectar and warned Mohinī, who extracted from among his clothes the Sudarsaná chakrá (a disc resembling a ninja disc) and beheaded the demon.
However, Rajú managed to take a drop of the nectar of immortality, so he did not die: his separate head and body floated in space like two stars invisible to human eyes: Rajú (the head) and Ketu (the corpse, shaped like a dragon).
In revenge against the Moon, every so often he devours her with his immense mouth, but not for long: she emerges victorious by the open neck of the demon.
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