MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Keval mean?
Kevala denotes something alone, unmixed or absolute in Sanskrit. Modern Hindi also uses keval for only, while philosophical contexts preserve the stronger absolute sense.
Pronunciation
IAST: kevala
Meaning themes
philosophy
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केवल
Letter-by-letter: kevala
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਕੇਵਲ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Keval in Indian usage
54,782 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,757 records (6.9%).
- Recorded as male: 51,025 records (93.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,598 |
| 1940s | 4,624 |
| 1950s | 8,148 |
| 1960s | 12,835 |
| 1970s | 13,045 |
| 1980s | 9,879 |
| 1990s | 4,412 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 25,691 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,871 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,634 |
| Bihar | 3,692 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,615 |
| Haryana | 3,535 |
| Rajasthan | 3,197 |
| Maharashtra | 1,118 |
| Jharkhand | 1,086 |
| Uttarakhand | 895 |
| Chandigarh | 292 |
| Other states | 156 |
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, kevala, p. 310,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.