raGu a. Ved. 1 Quick, rapid. 2 Light, nimble. 3 Fickle. 4 Eager. — GuH 1 N. of a celebrated king of the solar race, son of Dilīpa and father of Aja [He appears to have been called Raghu from ragh or rangh ‘to go’, because his father foresaw that the boy would ‘go’ to the end of the holy learning as well as of his enemies in battle; cf. R. 3. 21. True to his name, he commenced the conquest of the directions, went over the whole of the then known world, overcame kings in battle, and returned covered with glory and laden with spoils. He then performed the Viśvajit sacrifice in which he gave away everything to Brāhmaṇas and made his son Aja successor to the throne]. 2 ( pl. ) The Raghus or descendants of Raghu. Comp. — naMdanaH, -nATaH, -patiH, -SrezWaH, -siMhaH &c. epithets of Rāma. — pratiniDiH the image or representative of Raghu, i. e. Aja; R. 5. 63. — vaMSaH the family of the Raghus. — (SaM) N. of a celebrated classical poem by Kālidāsa describing the family of the Raghus in nineteen cantos. °tilakaH N. of Rāma.