Rahul
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Rahul, a popular male name in India, has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Later use of the word is attributed to the Buddha, who named his son Rahul as he felt that family ties could be an obstacle in the path to renunciation and nirvana. Rahuls mainly belong to Hindu or Christian comunities.
The earliest recorded use of the word Rahul is found in the Mundaka Upanishad, wherein the word is used as a synonym for the moon[citation needed].
Lord Buddha named his son "Rahul" as he felt that birth of son was a boundation to his way to nirvana so he quoted that this is a bandhan (binding) so he named it "Rahul"[citation needed].
Rahul is also said to mean "prince of poor". A similar sounding name of French origin is "Raoul" (French form of Ralph), along with the Spanish "Raúl". It is a very common name in Europe.
[edit] People named Rahul
- Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician and son of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.
- Rahul Dev Burman, music composer
- Rahul Sankrityayan, historian.
- Rahul Mahajan, blogger and author of The New Crusade:America's War on Terrorism
- Rahul Sarpeshkar, scientist
- Rahul Easwar, Anchor
- Actors
- Rahul Roy
- Rahul Bose
- Rahul Khanna, son of actor Vinod Khanna
- Cricketers
- Rahul Dravid, Indian batsman and currently captain of the Indian cricket team.
- Rahul Sanghvi, plays for Gujarat.
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