MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dasaratha mean?
Dasaratha is the Sanskrit name Dasharatha, literally having ten chariots. In the Ramayana he is the king of Ayodhya. His role as Rama's father gives the personal name its enduring epic association.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दशरथ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dasaratha in Indian usage
18,598 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: 10,065 records (54.1%).
- Recorded as male: 8,533 records (45.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 602 |
| 1950s | 1,314 |
| 1960s | 9,879 |
| 1970s | 2,523 |
| 1980s | 2,519 |
| 1990s | 1,431 |
| Other decades | 330 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 18,458 |
| Other states | 140 |
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
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Dasaratha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, daśaratha, p. 472,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.