MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bandhana mean?
Bandhana uses Sanskrit bandhana, binding or fastening. As a personal name, the same word can evoke a bond or attachment between people.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बन्धना
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बंधना
Letter-by-letter: baṃdhanā
1,535 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bandhana in Indian usage
1,914 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: 718 records (37.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,196 records (62.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 178 |
| 1960s | 237 |
| 1970s | 326 |
| 1980s | 449 |
| 1990s | 599 |
| Other decades | 125 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 1,321 |
| Bihar | 410 |
| Other states | 183 |
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, bandhana, p. 721,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.