MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Samundra mean?
Samundra is a widespread vernacular form of Sanskrit samudra, the sea or ocean. The older word describes a gathering of waters and remains the ordinary sea-word in several Indian languages.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
समुन्द्र
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Samundra in Indian usage
4,007 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 527 records (13.2%).
- Recorded as male: 3,480 records (86.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 466 |
| 1960s | 862 |
| 1970s | 932 |
| 1980s | 782 |
| 1990s | 665 |
| Other decades | 300 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 1,561 |
| Haryana | 1,294 |
| Bihar | 528 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 421 |
| Other states | 203 |
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, samudra, p. 1166,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.