''Megha'' means "cloud" in several
Indian languages, comes from the
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
word मेघ (megha, "cloud"). As a name, it is glossed by the ''Penguin Book of Hindu Names for Boys'' as 'sprinkler', 'cloud, mass', the name of a mythical ''
rakshasa
Rakshasas ( sa, राक्षस, IAST: : Pali: ''rakkhaso'') lit. 'preservers' are a race of usually malevolent demigods prominently featured in Hindu mythology. According to the Brahmanda Purana, the rakshasas were created by Brahma whe ...
'', and 'the father of the 5th
Arhat
In Buddhism, an ''arhat'' (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or ''arahant'' (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved ''Nirvana'' and liberated ...
of the present
Avasarpinī'. It may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Megha Duta'', ancient Indian poem by Kalidasa
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''Megha'' (1996 film), an Indian Hindi-language film
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''Megha'' (2014 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
Music
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''Megha'' (album), a 1999 Assamese album by various artists.
People
* Megha, also known as
Sumedha, a previous life of the Buddha
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Megha (singer)
Harini Ramachandran, professionally known as Megha (born 18 March 1987) is a Tamil playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She is also a co-founder of School of Excellence, that offers NLP programs and mo ...
(born 1987), an Indian Tamil playback singer
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Megha Akash
Megha Akash (born 26 October 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu-language films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film '' Lie'' (2017).
Megha made her Tamil film debut with '' Petta'' and Hindi f ...
Indian film actress
See also
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Megh (disambiguation) Megh may refer to
* Megh (raga), a classical Indian raga
* Meghwal, a people of northwest India and Pakistan
* Cyclone Megh, a cyclone in the Arabian sea that struck the island of Socotra in 2015
*Rain. another name for rain in Gujarati
Gujarati ma ...
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Magha (disambiguation) Magha (māgha, माघ or maghā, मघा) may refer to:
* Magha (month) (māgha, माघ), a month in the Hindu calendar
* Magh (Bengali calendar), the same month in the Bengali calendar
* Magha (poet) (māgha, माघ), an 8th-century San ...
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Mega (disambiguation)
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Meghna (disambiguation)
The Meghna is a major river in Bangladesh.
Meghna may also refer to:
* ''BNS'' Meghna, patrol craft of the Bangladeshi Navy
*Meghna Bank, Bangladeshi bank
*Meghna Group, Bangladeshi business group
People with the given name Meghna:
*Meghna Chak ...
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Meghani (surname)
The Meghani (Gujarati: મેઘાણી, Hindi: मेघाणी) is a clan of Koli caste in the Indian state of Gujarat.
As a surname
''Meghani'' (Gujarati મેઘાણી, Hindi मेघाणी) also appears as a Hindu Gujarati s ...
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Operation Meghdoot, Indian military operation
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