MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ashtami mean?
Ashtami is the feminine form of the Sanskrit ordinal “eighth”. It names the eighth day of a lunar fortnight. Durga Ashtami and Krishna Janmashtami are familiar festivals named for this day.
Pronunciation
IAST: aṣṭamī
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अष्टमी
Letter-by-letter: aṣṭamī
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଅଷ୍ଟମୀ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ashtami in Indian usage
976 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 186 |
| 1970s | 246 |
| 1980s | 182 |
| 1990s | 232 |
| Other decades | 130 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 800 |
| Other states | 176 |
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, aṣṭamī, p. 117,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.