MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pavitra mean?
Pavitra is the feminine form of the Sanskrit adjective for purity and holiness. The related noun can denote a filter used in purification. It also names a purifying prayer or mantra.
Pronunciation
IAST: pavitrā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पवित्रा
Letter-by-letter: pavitrā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pavitra in Indian usage
25,685 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 25,330 records (98.6%).
- Recorded as male: 355 records (1.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 675 |
| 1950s | 1,317 |
| 1960s | 2,787 |
| 1970s | 5,179 |
| 1980s | 8,123 |
| 1990s | 7,298 |
| Other decades | 306 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,723 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,475 |
| Karnataka | 2,912 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,118 |
| Haryana | 1,690 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,595 |
| Bihar | 1,339 |
| Rajasthan | 1,169 |
| Jharkhand | 591 |
| Delhi | 315 |
| Sikkim | 307 |
| Goa | 156 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 121 |
| Other states | 174 |
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, pavitra, p. 611,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.