MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bibhutibhushan mean?
Bibhutibhushan combines bibhūti, splendour or sacred ash, with bhūṣaṇa, ornament. The ash sense evokes Shiva, whose body is described as adorned with sacred ash.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बिभूतिभूषण
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବିଭୂତିଭୂଷଣ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବିଭୁତିଭୁଷଣ
2,578 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bibhutibhushan in Indian usage
2,662 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: 537 records (20.2%).
- Recorded as male: 2,125 records (79.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 206 |
| 1960s | 483 |
| 1970s | 969 |
| 1980s | 679 |
| 1990s | 224 |
| Other decades | 101 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 2,662 |
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, vibhūti, p. 979,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, bhūṣaṇa, p. 764,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.