MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anshul mean?
The Sanskrit adjective aṃśula describes radiance. Its base aṃśu denotes a ray or beam, giving Anshul its light-related formation.
Pronunciation
IAST: aṃśula
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अंशुल
Letter-by-letter: aṃśula
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अंशूल
Letter-by-letter: aṃśūla
274 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anshul in Indian usage
22,161 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,771 records (12.5%).
- Recorded as male: 19,390 records (87.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 787 |
| 1980s | 7,568 |
| 1990s | 13,689 |
| Other decades | 117 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,666 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,969 |
| Haryana | 2,129 |
| Rajasthan | 2,112 |
| Delhi | 1,063 |
| Uttarakhand | 918 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 673 |
| Bihar | 313 |
| Jharkhand | 144 |
| Other states | 174 |
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, aṃśula, p. 1,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, aṃśu, p. 1,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.