MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ananta mean?
Ananta is a Sanskrit adjective for what has no end or limit. It names Vishnu and the cosmic serpent Shesha, whose coils form Vishnu's resting place in devotional imagery. The same adjective is also an epithet of Krishna, Balarama and Shiva.
Pronunciation
IAST: ananta
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनंत
Letter-by-letter: ananta
Conventional spelling
Telugu
అనంత
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ananta in Indian usage
4,778 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 3,358 records (70.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,420 records (29.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 391 |
| 1960s | 773 |
| 1970s | 1,130 |
| 1980s | 1,740 |
| 1990s | 575 |
| Other decades | 169 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,302 |
| Delhi | 123 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 102 |
| Other states | 251 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ananta, p. 25,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.