MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Shitala mean?
The feminine adjective śītalā belongs to Sanskrit vocabulary for coolness. Shitala is also the goddess traditionally associated with smallpox and protection from its affliction.
Pronunciation
IAST: śītalā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
शीतला
Letter-by-letter: śītalā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Shitala in Indian usage
25,982 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling शीतला.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 10,814 records (41.6%).
- Recorded as male: 15,168 records (58.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 2,175 |
| 1950s | 4,133 |
| 1960s | 5,672 |
| 1970s | 5,190 |
| 1980s | 5,285 |
| 1990s | 2,689 |
| Other decades | 838 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 22,823 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,477 |
| Jharkhand | 858 |
| Other states | 824 |
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, śītala, p. 1078,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, śītalā, p. 1078,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.