MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nachhatra mean?
Nachhatra is a north Indian vernacular form of the Sanskrit word for a star or heavenly body. Sanskrit lexicons can also apply the word to the sun, illustrating its broad celestial sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नछत्र
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nachhatra in Indian usage
621 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling नछत्र.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 162 records (26.1%).
- Recorded as male: 459 records (73.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 112 |
| 1950s | 198 |
| 1960s | 208 |
| 1970s | 103 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Haryana | 621 |
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, nakṣatra, p. 524,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.