MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Pratima mean?
Sanskrit pratimā denotes a likeness, image or sculpted figure. Its initial prati carries a corresponding or matching sense in the formation.
Pronunciation
IAST: pratimā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रतिमा
Letter-by-letter: pratimā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ପ୍ରତିମା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
প্রতিমা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रतीमा
Letter-by-letter: pratīmā
14,494 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Pratima in Indian usage
278,723 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 277,383 records (99.5%).
- Recorded as male: 1,340 records (0.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,040 |
| 1940s | 3,050 |
| 1950s | 9,095 |
| 1960s | 26,611 |
| 1970s | 62,907 |
| 1980s | 102,822 |
| 1990s | 72,659 |
| Other decades | 539 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 97,698 |
| Bihar | 77,450 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 42,107 |
| Jharkhand | 26,854 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 10,410 |
| Assam | 7,236 |
| Tripura | 5,417 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,119 |
| Delhi | 1,707 |
| Rajasthan | 1,699 |
| Goa | 1,261 |
| Haryana | 1,118 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 444 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 376 |
| Karnataka | 340 |
| Punjab | 272 |
| Meghalaya | 267 |
| Sikkim | 170 |
| Maharashtra | 160 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 154 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 152 |
| Chandigarh | 104 |
| Other states | 208 |
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, pratimā, p. 669,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: प्रतिमा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.