MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sanatan mean?
Sanskrit sanātana describes what is enduring, ancient or eternal. The word is also used as an epithet of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Pronunciation
IAST: sanātana
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सनातन
Letter-by-letter: sanātana
Conventional spelling
Odia
ସନାତନ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sanatan in Indian usage
51,744 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,681 records (12.9%).
- Recorded as male: 45,063 records (87.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,111 |
| 1940s | 2,137 |
| 1950s | 4,299 |
| 1960s | 6,543 |
| 1970s | 8,373 |
| 1980s | 25,239 |
| 1990s | 3,746 |
| Other decades | 296 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Other states | 51,744 |
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, sanātana, p. 1141,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.