MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Joshana mean?
Joshana is a regional form of Jyotsna, the Sanskrit word for moonlight. Its source belongs with jyotis, the Sanskrit noun for light or brightness. Jyotsna is also a name of Durga in Sanskrit religious literature.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जोशना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Joshana in Indian usage
3,704 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling जोशना.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,319 |
| 1990s | 2,035 |
| Other decades | 350 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 2,306 |
| Jharkhand | 791 |
| Other states | 607 |
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, jyotsnā, p. 428,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, jyotis, p. 427,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.