MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mandavi mean?
Mandavi is the daughter of King Kushadhwaja and wife of Bharata in the Ramayana. Through Bharata, Rama's younger brother, she belongs to the epic's Ayodhya family. Her sister Shrutakirti marries Shatrughna, another of Rama's brothers.
Pronunciation
IAST: māṇḍavī
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
माण्डवी
Letter-by-letter: māṇḍavī
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मांडवी
Letter-by-letter: māṃḍavī
1,239 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mandavi in Indian usage
5,403 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 272 |
| 1960s | 663 |
| 1970s | 1,092 |
| 1980s | 1,838 |
| 1990s | 1,412 |
| Other decades | 126 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,010 |
| Bihar | 1,195 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 902 |
| Other states | 296 |
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, māṇḍavī, p. 806,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: मांडवी ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.