MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samata mean?
Samata is the Sanskrit abstract noun formed from sama, equal or even. Its recorded senses include equality and impartial treatment, making it a direct name for fairness.
Meaning themes
equality
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समता
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samata in Indian usage
13,920 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 13,633 records (97.9%).
- Recorded as male: 287 records (2.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 224 |
| 1960s | 778 |
| 1970s | 2,466 |
| 1980s | 5,486 |
| 1990s | 4,838 |
| Other decades | 128 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,464 |
| Rajasthan | 3,684 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,296 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,665 |
| Haryana | 515 |
| Jharkhand | 369 |
| Punjab | 291 |
| Assam | 163 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 123 |
| Odisha | 100 |
| Other states | 250 |
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, samatā, p. 1152,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.