MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sadhan mean?
Sadhana is the Sanskrit word for a means of bringing something about or achieving a goal. In Bengali personal naming, Sadhan also evokes disciplined spiritual practice. In Sanskrit logic, it also denotes the establishment or proof of a truth.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
সাধন
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
साधन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sadhan in Indian usage
8,911 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 971 records (10.9%).
- Recorded as male: 7,940 records (89.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 502 |
| 1950s | 1,222 |
| 1960s | 1,905 |
| 1970s | 1,991 |
| 1980s | 2,020 |
| 1990s | 1,081 |
| Other decades | 190 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 2,960 |
| Jharkhand | 2,718 |
| Assam | 1,523 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 557 |
| Bihar | 377 |
| Uttarakhand | 110 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 108 |
| Delhi | 100 |
| Other states | 458 |
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, sādhana, p. 1201,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.