MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basanta mean?
Basanta is a vernacular personal form of Sanskrit vasanta, the season of spring. Indian poetry depicts this season through fresh blossoms and as a companion of Kamadeva, the god of love.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बसंता
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basanta in Indian usage
3,195 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: 1,666 records (52.1%).
- Recorded as male: 1,529 records (47.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 369 |
| 1950s | 546 |
| 1960s | 703 |
| 1970s | 648 |
| 1980s | 461 |
| 1990s | 294 |
| Other decades | 174 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,895 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 713 |
| Rajasthan | 288 |
| Haryana | 121 |
| Other states | 178 |
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, vasanta, p. 930,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.