MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sadhana mean?
Sādhanā names a process of achieving or disciplined practice, including devotional practice. The Sanskrit sādha family concerns achieving or accomplishing.
Pronunciation
IAST: sādhanā
Meaning themes
devotionskill
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
साधना
Letter-by-letter: sādhanā
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সাধনা
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sadhana in Indian usage
177,473 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 176,020 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,453 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 374 |
| 1940s | 1,201 |
| 1950s | 4,409 |
| 1960s | 19,933 |
| 1970s | 35,351 |
| 1980s | 61,744 |
| 1990s | 54,318 |
| Other decades | 143 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 97,893 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 36,210 |
| Bihar | 17,358 |
| Rajasthan | 5,162 |
| Jharkhand | 4,505 |
| Tripura | 2,878 |
| Haryana | 2,461 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,056 |
| Delhi | 2,000 |
| Assam | 1,698 |
| Odisha | 1,667 |
| Punjab | 707 |
| Karnataka | 699 |
| Maharashtra | 448 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 397 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 397 |
| Goa | 215 |
| Chandigarh | 194 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 107 |
| Meghalaya | 101 |
| Other states | 320 |
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, sādhanā, p. 1201,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.