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Vaijanath

Lord of physicians; Shiva; Dhanvantari

Vaijanath means “Lord of physicians; Shiva; Dhanvantari”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
V
Historical records
11,050

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Vaijanath mean?

Vaijanath is a vernacular form of Vaidyanath, lord of physicians. The Sanskrit name denotes Shiva in a healing form and also Dhanvantari, the divine physician. Vaidyanath also names a Shiva linga and its surrounding sacred place.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

वैद्यनाथ

Conventional spelling

Devanagari

वैजनाथ

Letter-by-letter: vaijanātha

10,304 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Vaijanath in Indian usage

11,050 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 115 records (1%).
  • Recorded as male: 10,935 records (99%).

By birth decade

Vaijanath: records by birth decade1930s: 4601930s1940s: 1,2231940s1950s: 2,0031950s1960s: 2,3721960s1970s: 2,2741970s1980s: 2,1181980s1990s: 4861990sOther decades: 114Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s460
1940s1,223
1950s2,003
1960s2,372
1970s2,274
1980s2,118
1990s486
Other decades114

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar4,847
Uttar Pradesh2,881
Jharkhand2,055
Madhya Pradesh911
Maharashtra173
Other states183
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, vaidyanātha, p. 1022,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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