MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Purushotam mean?
Purushotam represents Purushottama, “the highest person”. The Sanskrit title names Vishnu or Krishna, and it is central to the Bhagavad Gita's account of the supreme being.
Pronunciation
IAST: puruṣottama
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पुरुषोत्तम
Letter-by-letter: puruṣottama
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
पुरूषोतम
Letter-by-letter: purūṣotama
10,647 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Purushotam in Indian usage
12,091 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 |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 549 |
| 1950s | 1,182 |
| 1960s | 1,925 |
| 1970s | 2,471 |
| 1980s | 3,977 |
| 1990s | 1,799 |
| Other decades | 188 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 5,360 |
| Bihar | 3,007 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,337 |
| Haryana | 688 |
| Jharkhand | 622 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 514 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 367 |
| Other states | 196 |
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, puruṣottama, p. 637,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.