MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Viveka mean?
Viveka is the Sanskrit noun for distinguishing and discerning. In philosophy it describes the ability to separate what endures from what changes.
Pronunciation
IAST: viveka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विवेक
Letter-by-letter: viveka
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
विवेका
Letter-by-letter: vivekā
3,702 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Viveka in Indian usage
5,619 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,334 records (23.7%).
- Recorded as male: 4,285 records (76.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 295 |
| 1960s | 677 |
| 1970s | 1,481 |
| 1980s | 1,755 |
| 1990s | 1,293 |
| Other decades | 118 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 2,866 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 817 |
| Karnataka | 804 |
| Jharkhand | 384 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 182 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 115 |
| Other states | 451 |
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, viveka, p. 987,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.