rudraksha
rudraksha noun: the dried seed of a large evergreen broad-leaved tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, which is traditionally used as prayer beads in Hinduism.
Noun
rudraksha (plural rudrakshas)
- The dried seed of a large evergreen broad-leaved tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, which is traditionally used as prayer beads in Hinduism.
- But the room […]contained many tokens of her family and forebears—among them such relics as her dead father's wooden clogs, a necklace of rudraksha beads left to her by her mother, and faded imprints of her grandparents' feet, taken on their funeral pyres.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 9
- One of my favorite photographs shows a Hindu sadhu right out of central casting – naked body, long matted hair and beard, ash-smeared forehead, rudraksha-mala around his neck, the works – chatting away on a mobile phone.2012, Shashi Tharoor, Connecting to the Future
rudraksha meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
rudraksha in Tamil
- rudraksha; prayer beads
- அக்கு akku
- rudraksha
- கண்மணி kaṇmaṇi
rudraksha in Bengali
- rudraksha
- রুদ্রাক্ষ rudrakkho
rudraksha in Telugu
- rudraksha
- రుద్రాక్షచెట్టు rudrākṣaceṭṭu, రుద్రాక్ష rudrākṣa
rudraksha in Malayalam
- rudraksha
- രുദ്രാക്ഷം rudrākṣaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- rudraksha in Kannada
- ರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷ rudrākṣa
- rudraksha in Punjabi
- ਰੁੱਦਰਾਖ ruddarākh
- rudraksha in Odia
- ରୁଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷ rudrākṣa
- rudraksha in Assamese
- ৰুদ্ৰাক্ষ rudrakh
Forms of rudraksha
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Origin of rudraksha
From Sanskrit रुद्राक्ष (rudrākṣa, “Rudra's eyes”), from रुद्र (Rudra, “Rudra, a Rigvedic deity of wind and storm”), and अक्ष (ákṣa, “eye”), variant form of अक्षि (ákṣi).
Questions about rudraksha
- What does rudraksha mean?
- Rudraksha means the dried seed of a large evergreen broad-leaved tree, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, which is traditionally used as prayer beads in Hinduism.
- What is rudraksha in Tamil?
- Rudraksha in Tamil is அக்கு (akku), கண்மணி (kaṇmaṇi). See Rudraksha meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rudraksha?
- Rudraksha is a noun.
- What is the plural of rudraksha?
- The plural of rudraksha is rudrakshas.
Words near rudraksha in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rudraksha (page history and authors); அக்கு (Tamil) (page history and authors); রুদ্রাক্ষ (Bengali) (page history and authors); రుద్రాక్ష (Telugu) (page history and authors); രുദ്രാക്ഷം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਰੁੱਦਰਾਖ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ରୁଦ୍ରାକ୍ଷ (Odia) (page history and authors); ৰুদ্ৰাক্ষ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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