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Koshila

Kaushalya, mother of Rama

Koshila means “Kaushalya, mother of Rama”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
K
Historical records
11,135

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Koshila mean?

Koshila continues vernacular forms of Kaushalya, the senior queen of Dasharatha. Kaushalya is Rama's mother in the Ramayana, and her name connects her with Kosala.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

कौशल्या

Conventional spelling

Devanagari

कोशिला

Letter-by-letter: kośilā

11,135 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Koshila in Indian usage

11,135 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

These totals and margins describe the spelling कोशिला.

The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.

By birth decade

Koshila: records by birth decade1930s: 2001930s1940s: 6671940s1950s: 1,1811950s1960s: 2,3971960s1970s: 2,4511970s1980s: 2,6131980s1990s: 1,6261990s
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s200
1940s667
1950s1,181
1960s2,397
1970s2,451
1980s2,613
1990s1,626

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar7,130
Jharkhand2,675
Uttar Pradesh1,330
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, kausalyā, p. 318,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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