MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dharmadev mean?
Dharma is personified as the god of justice in the Mahabharata. Dharmadev brings together dharma, righteous order, and deva, “god”, preserving that divine referent.
Pronunciation
IAST: dharmadeva
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धर्मदेव
Letter-by-letter: dharmadeva
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dharmadev in Indian usage
13,803 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 |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 545 |
| 1940s | 1,474 |
| 1950s | 2,200 |
| 1960s | 2,891 |
| 1970s | 2,751 |
| 1980s | 2,563 |
| 1990s | 1,273 |
| Other decades | 106 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 6,975 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,904 |
| Jharkhand | 1,663 |
| Other states | 261 |
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, dharmadeva, p. 511,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.