MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Diksha mean?
Dīkṣā denotes entry into a religious discipline or ceremonial commitment. It can include receiving instruction, vows or a sacred practice.
Pronunciation
IAST: dīkṣā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीक्षा
Letter-by-letter: dīkṣā
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दिक्षा
Letter-by-letter: dikṣā
3,085 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Diksha in Indian usage
40,920 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 40,395 records (98.7%).
- Recorded as male: 525 records (1.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 306 |
| 1970s | 1,410 |
| 1980s | 5,161 |
| 1990s | 33,943 |
| Other decades | 100 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,182 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,340 |
| Rajasthan | 4,274 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,058 |
| Haryana | 2,689 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,561 |
| Bihar | 1,913 |
| Goa | 1,189 |
| Jharkhand | 716 |
| Delhi | 383 |
| Chandigarh | 247 |
| Odisha | 142 |
| Other states | 226 |
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, dīkṣā, p. 480,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.