MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kevali mean?
Kevali continues kevalin, one possessing kevala or complete knowledge. Jain literature uses the term for an enlightened being who has attained unrestricted knowledge.
Pronunciation
IAST: kevalī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
केवली
Letter-by-letter: kevalī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kevali in Indian usage
7,034 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,837 records (97.2%).
- Recorded as male: 197 records (2.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 469 |
| 1940s | 1,140 |
| 1950s | 1,543 |
| 1960s | 1,909 |
| 1970s | 1,188 |
| 1980s | 564 |
| Other decades | 221 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,471 |
| Bihar | 1,383 |
| Jharkhand | 417 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 395 |
| Rajasthan | 248 |
| Other states | 120 |
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, kevalin, p. 310,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.