MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Dushyant mean?
Dushyant names the king who marries Shakuntala and becomes the father of Bharata. Their story is central to Kalidasa's play Abhijnanashakuntalam as well as the Mahabharata.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दुष्यन्त
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Dushyant in Indian usage
12,597 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 103 records (0.8%).
- Recorded as male: 12,494 records (99.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 917 |
| 1970s | 2,017 |
| 1980s | 4,626 |
| 1990s | 4,752 |
| Other decades | 285 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,497 |
| Rajasthan | 1,431 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 626 |
| Uttarakhand | 448 |
| Haryana | 283 |
| Bihar | 129 |
| Other states | 183 |
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
- Wiktionary: दुष्यन्त ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.