MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mukta mean?
Mukta is the Sanskrit word for a pearl. It is also the feminine of mukta, released or liberated. The pearl sense is traditionally explained as something loosened from its shell, connecting the two readings.
Meaning themes
precious
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुक्ता
Conventional spelling
Odia
ମୁକ୍ତା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
মুক্তা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mukta in Indian usage
30,798 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 28,427 records (92.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,371 records (7.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 525 |
| 1940s | 1,165 |
| 1950s | 2,339 |
| 1960s | 3,574 |
| 1970s | 5,007 |
| 1980s | 13,949 |
| 1990s | 4,096 |
| Other decades | 143 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 15,943 |
| Jharkhand | 4,519 |
| Assam | 2,237 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,974 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,966 |
| Rajasthan | 1,226 |
| Tripura | 845 |
| Haryana | 545 |
| Karnataka | 490 |
| Bihar | 358 |
| Maharashtra | 331 |
| Uttarakhand | 203 |
| Other states | 161 |
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, muktā, p. 820,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, mukta, p. 820,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.