MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Darshana mean?
Darshana is the feminine personal-name form associated with Sanskrit darśana, seeing or perception. In devotional use, darshan is the sight of a deity or holy presence, adding a religious sense to ordinary vision.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दर्शना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Darshana in Indian usage
29,695 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 29,442 records (99.1%).
- Recorded as male: 253 records (0.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,456 |
| 1950s | 4,265 |
| 1960s | 8,299 |
| 1970s | 7,720 |
| 1980s | 5,184 |
| 1990s | 2,385 |
| Other decades | 386 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 15,157 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,561 |
| Rajasthan | 3,761 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,701 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,478 |
| Delhi | 871 |
| Uttarakhand | 402 |
| Bihar | 168 |
| Chandigarh | 157 |
| Maharashtra | 133 |
| Odisha | 114 |
| Other states | 192 |
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, darśana, p. 470,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.