Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 I would like to enquire if there is a web site which has compiled hindu names and meanings (male and female). Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2001 Report Share Posted July 19, 2001 Hari Om! Sanskrit baby names are available in the Internet: Male and Female Names are respectively at the following two Sites: http://www.kabalarians.com/male/sanskr-m.htm http://www.kabalarians.com/female/sanskr-f.htm You can get the meanings by accessing the on-line Sanskrit Dictionary. regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, "sidha" <sidha@d...> wrote: > I would like to enquire if there is a web site which has compiled > hindu names and meanings (male and female). > > Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Namaste, You must be referring to Puranic Encyclopedia by Vetta Mani [922 pages, $80[ avilable from Vedanta Press [1-800-816-2242]. There is also one by Integral Yoga Institute, [Yogaville, Virginia], with good descriptions, meanings, cross references. Regards, s. advaitin, "Madhava K. Turumella" <madhava@f...> wrote: > Dear Ramji, > > Hari Om! The sites you have pointed out are commercial. Besides, they do > not really give out the meaning of any name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Hari Om Madhavaji: Namaste, You have raised some valid points regarding the choice of names using the Internet Sites or books. I agree with your contention and those who look for good names for their babies can find them if they read and research Ramayana, Mahabharat and major puranas. Vishnu Sahasranamam, Lalitha Sahasranamam, puja and bhajan book. A recent article written by Swami Atmanandaji on 'Role Model' contains many insights on naming the babies. This may explain why our parents and grand parents have mostly chosen the names of the Gods, semigods and the good characters of Puranas and Ithicasas. When the children know the meaning of their names and their respective roles, they are likely to imitate. This is why we have plenty of names such Ram, Krishna, Madhava, Govinda, Kesava, Shiva, Shankara, Kartikeya, Ganesa, Arjun, Lakshmana, Bharat, Lakshimi, Saraswati, Paravati and others. We seldom see the names such as Ravana, Dhroyadhana, Kamsa, etc. as Hindu names because parents want to avoid those characters that represent evil. Here is a noncommercial Hindu Site with baby names: http://www.hindunet.org/baby_names/ Once again, be careful in your selection of the names and please double check with a Sanskrit scholar and/or other elders and make sure for their appropriateness. Finally, two names can be carefully combined (eg. ramkrishna, gopalkrishna, shivsankar, etc.) for creating additional names. regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, "Madhava K. Turumella" <madhava@f...> wrote: > Dear Ramji, > > Hari Om! The sites you have pointed out are commercial. Besides, they do > not really give out the meaning of any name. Instead, what they are doing > is attributing some qualities to that name and commercializing them! I > wonder what made them arrive to certain personality conclusions just by the > first name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 My special thanks to Ram Chandran Ji, Madhava Ji and Sunder Ji, for providing very useful information about children's names. Regards, Siddhartha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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