MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shashikala mean?
Śaśikalā combines śaśi, moon, with kalā, a small portion or digit. The whole Sanskrit word describes a lunar crescent. It is also the name of a poetic metre.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शशिकला
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
शशीकला
Letter-by-letter: śaśīkalā
10,060 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shashikala in Indian usage
2,338 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 234 |
| 1960s | 304 |
| 1970s | 509 |
| 1980s | 696 |
| 1990s | 482 |
| Other decades | 113 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 840 |
| Goa | 788 |
| Kerala | 442 |
| Other states | 268 |
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, śaśikalā, p. 1060,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.