MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhudev mean?
The Sanskrit compound bhūdeva joins earth with deity. It is also an established epithet of Shiva, giving Bhudev a specific divine referent alongside its literal sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भूदेव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhudev in Indian usage
2,665 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 221 |
| 1950s | 363 |
| 1960s | 574 |
| 1970s | 607 |
| 1980s | 574 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 1,458 |
| Bihar | 792 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 167 |
| Rajasthan | 113 |
| Other states | 135 |
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, bhūdeva, p. 761,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.