MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Maheshwar mean?
Maheśvara is a whole Sanskrit title for a great lord. In Sanskrit epic literature it is a particular title of Shiva. Classical texts also apply the title to Krishna and other gods.
Pronunciation
IAST: maheśvara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महेश्वर
Letter-by-letter: maheśvara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Maheshwar in Indian usage
25,421 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling महेश्वर.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 271 records (1.1%).
- Recorded as male: 25,150 records (98.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 119 |
| 1930s | 876 |
| 1940s | 2,848 |
| 1950s | 5,633 |
| 1960s | 6,722 |
| 1970s | 4,890 |
| 1980s | 2,536 |
| 1990s | 1,797 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 18,232 |
| Jharkhand | 4,387 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,262 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 342 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 198 |
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, maheśvara, p. 802,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.