MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dharmashila mean?
Dharma supplies righteousness and śīla denotes conduct or disposition. The feminine compound describes a life shaped by right conduct.
Pronunciation
IAST: dharmaśīlā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
धर्मशीला
Letter-by-letter: dharmaśīlā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dharmashila in Indian usage
36,550 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 36,408 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 142 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 983 |
| 1950s | 3,251 |
| 1960s | 10,303 |
| 1970s | 11,641 |
| 1980s | 7,584 |
| 1990s | 2,452 |
| Other decades | 336 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 30,852 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,399 |
| Jharkhand | 951 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 231 |
| Other states | 117 |
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