MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Tripura mean?
Sanskrit tripura, three cities, combines tri, three, with pura, city. Shiva narratives describe the destruction of these three fortified cities by Shiva. Tripura Devi is worshipped as Tripura Sundari, the goddess of supreme beauty.
Pronunciation
IAST: tripurā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ତ୍ରିପୁରା
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
त्रिपुरा
Letter-by-letter: tripurā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Tripura in Indian usage
2,981 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (84%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,505 records (84%).
- Recorded as male: 476 records (16%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 299 |
| 1950s | 414 |
| 1960s | 611 |
| 1970s | 589 |
| 1980s | 562 |
| 1990s | 322 |
| Other decades | 184 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,386 |
| Tripura | 777 |
| Bihar | 643 |
| Other states | 175 |
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, tripura, p. 459,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, tripurā, p. 459,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.