MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sudarshan mean?
Sudarśana combines su, good, with darśana, sight or appearance. The same word names Vishnu's discus, preserving a specific mythological association alongside the adjective. Vishnu is traditionally depicted holding the discus together with a conch, mace and lotus.
Pronunciation
IAST: sudarśana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुदर्शन
Letter-by-letter: sudarśana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sudarshan in Indian usage
57,744 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,955 records (5.1%).
- Recorded as male: 54,789 records (94.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,748 |
| 1940s | 5,071 |
| 1950s | 8,696 |
| 1960s | 12,564 |
| 1970s | 12,310 |
| 1980s | 10,256 |
| 1990s | 6,842 |
| Other decades | 257 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 18,640 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,797 |
| Jharkhand | 4,900 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,832 |
| Haryana | 2,642 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,200 |
| Delhi | 1,549 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,233 |
| Rajasthan | 1,173 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,064 |
| Kerala | 638 |
| Assam | 602 |
| Tripura | 553 |
| Chandigarh | 357 |
| Maharashtra | 329 |
| Other states | 235 |
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, sudarśana, p. 1224,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Smithsonian: Vishnu and Lakshmi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vishnu carries a discus, conch, club and lotus; Lakshmi is his consort.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.