MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sandhya mean?
Sandhyā denotes a junction, especially morning or evening twilight, and is also used for observances performed at those transitions. The related noun sandhi means a joining or junction.
Pronunciation
IAST: sandhyā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
संध्या
Letter-by-letter: sandhyā
Conventional spelling
Odia
ସନ୍ଧ୍ଯା
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সন্ধ্যা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सन्ध्या
Letter-by-letter: sandhyā
22,582 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sandhya in Indian usage
293,520 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 291,707 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 1,813 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 746 |
| 1940s | 2,546 |
| 1950s | 8,005 |
| 1960s | 24,225 |
| 1970s | 55,085 |
| 1980s | 109,467 |
| 1990s | 93,120 |
| Other decades | 326 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 86,421 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 50,834 |
| Bihar | 40,495 |
| Kerala | 25,845 |
| Odisha | 20,271 |
| Jharkhand | 19,536 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 16,410 |
| Delhi | 6,767 |
| Tripura | 5,741 |
| Rajasthan | 5,185 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,347 |
| Haryana | 3,292 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,696 |
| Assam | 2,653 |
| Goa | 1,161 |
| Karnataka | 824 |
| Maharashtra | 634 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 382 |
| Chandigarh | 269 |
| Meghalaya | 199 |
| Sikkim | 161 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 102 |
| Other states | 295 |
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, saṃdhyā, p. 1145,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: संध्या ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.