It is said that the lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), though it grows in muddy water, doesn't accumulate the mud particles onto it; such is the quality described as rājīv. Today, in several Indian languages, including
Hindi,
Telugu,
Bengali,
Madheshi,
Nepali,
Assamese,
Marathi and
Kannada, rājīv is the word for "lotus flower".
In the Rāmāyaṇa,
Rāma's
epithets include Rājīv-Lochan, meaning "one whose eyes are like lotus flowers".
Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev
Akshay Kumar, Indian-Canadian actor and martial artist (birth name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia)
It is said that the lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera), though it grows in muddy water, doesn't accumulate the mud particles onto it; such is the quality described as rājīv. Today, in several Indian languages, including
Hindi,
Telugu,
Bengali,
Madheshi,
Nepali,
Assamese,
Marathi and
Kannada, rājīv is the word for "lotus flower".
In the Rāmāyaṇa,
Rāma's
epithets include Rājīv-Lochan, meaning "one whose eyes are like lotus flowers".
Notable people named Rajiv, Rajive or Rajeev
Akshay Kumar, Indian-Canadian actor and martial artist (birth name Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia)