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Anurag
अनुरागSay it uh-noo-RAAG
- Meaning today
- Love, affection, devotion
- Original meaning
- "attachment, affection, love, passion; red colour" Monier-Williams, p. 37
- Say it
- uh-noo-RAAG
- Written
- अनुराग
- Other spellings
- Anuraag
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Anurag
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Anurag meaning
Anurag (अनुराग) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Attachment, affection, love, passion; red colour
Also used to mean: devotion
Anurag (अनुराग) is the Sanskrit anurāga, from anu- and rāga, "colour, passion", which comes from the verb rañj, "to be coloured". The idea is of a heart coloured by feeling for someone. Monier-Williams gives its senses as attachment, affection, love and passion, and also red colour, citing the poem Śiśupālavadha. The same root gives rāga, the melodic frame of Indian classical music, which "colours" the mind. Name lists give Anurag as "love", "affection" or "devotion", matching the dictionary.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 37 · entry anu-rāga · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, anu-rāga, p. 37 · Wikipedia, Anurag Kashyap
Famous namesakes
- Anurag Kashyap, Hindi film director
Fits your syllable
First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Anurag · Anuraag