MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Astha mean?
Astha is a Sanskrit noun for regard, reliance or hope. Modern Hindi especially uses it for faith and devoted trust, carrying the older idea of placing one's support in something.
Pronunciation
IAST: āsthā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आस्था
Letter-by-letter: āsthā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Astha in Indian usage
8,220 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling आस्था.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,033 records (97.7%).
- Recorded as male: 187 records (2.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 106 |
| 1980s | 2,241 |
| 1990s | 5,873 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,676 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,426 |
| Rajasthan | 970 |
| Bihar | 863 |
| Haryana | 675 |
| Uttarakhand | 374 |
| Other states | 236 |
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, āsthā, p. 161,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.