MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Indrajit mean?
Indrajit is the title of Ravana's son Meghanada in the Ramayana, with Indra the conquered deity. The Ramayana gives this epithet to Ravana's son Meghanada. He is the husband of Sulochana in later Ramayana traditions.
Pronunciation
IAST: indrajīta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
इन्द्रजीत
Letter-by-letter: indrajīta
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
इंद्रजीत
Letter-by-letter: iṃdrajīta
9,581 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
इंदरजीत
Letter-by-letter: iṃdarajīta
1,257 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Indrajit in Indian usage
107,021 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 4,911 records (4.6%).
- Recorded as male: 102,110 records (95.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 744 |
| 1940s | 2,727 |
| 1950s | 6,720 |
| 1960s | 12,895 |
| 1970s | 20,834 |
| 1980s | 32,711 |
| 1990s | 30,170 |
| Other decades | 220 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 53,470 |
| Bihar | 25,366 |
| Haryana | 8,479 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,112 |
| Rajasthan | 5,137 |
| Jharkhand | 4,758 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,527 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 942 |
| Chandigarh | 854 |
| Assam | 169 |
| Other states | 207 |
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, indra, p. 166,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: ਜੀਤ ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.