MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Harishchandra mean?
The solar-dynasty king Harishchandra is central to stories of truthfulness and severe trials. The Sanskrit name also has the descriptive sense of golden splendour.
Pronunciation
IAST: hariścandra
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हरिश्चन्द्र
Letter-by-letter: hariścandra
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Harishchandra in Indian usage
50,688 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 146 records (0.3%).
- Recorded as male: 50,542 records (99.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 2,122 |
| 1950s | 5,632 |
| 1960s | 10,649 |
| 1970s | 12,442 |
| 1980s | 12,811 |
| 1990s | 6,441 |
| Other decades | 591 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 47,167 |
| Bihar | 2,883 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 525 |
| Other states | 113 |
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, hariścandra, p. 1290,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.