MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basana mean?
Basana is the Bengali form of Sanskrit vasana, desire or longing. The word also denotes an impression retained in the mind, giving the feminine name a psychological dimension. Sanskrit lexicography additionally records Vasana as a name of the goddess Durga.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
বাসনা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बासना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basana in Indian usage
4,637 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,492 records (96.9%).
- Recorded as male: 145 records (3.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 544 |
| 1950s | 891 |
| 1960s | 982 |
| 1970s | 883 |
| 1980s | 746 |
| 1990s | 344 |
| Other decades | 247 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 3,113 |
| Assam | 1,011 |
| Odisha | 320 |
| Other states | 193 |
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, vāsanā, p. 947,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.