Entry № 52 · Sanskrit origin

Abhidha Abhidha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-BEE-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Denotation / primary-meaning"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "denotation / primary-meaning".

Abhidha is from the Sanskrit Abhidhā. CE central in Mammaṭas Kāvyaprakāśa ~11th c. CE + Anandavardhanas Dhvanyāloka pan-Hindu poetics heritage.

Denotation / primary-meaning — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

अभिधा
Transliteration
Abhidhā
Pronunciation
/ əˈbiː.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Abhidha stands.

Abhidha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Abhidhas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhartrihari Vakyapadiya 5th c. / Mammata Kavyaprakasha / Anandavardhana Dhvanyaloka
Sanskrit denotation primary-meaning + abhi- toward + dhā to place + Abhidhā one of Śabda-Śakti + Lakṣaṇā + Vyañjanā + Bhartṛharis Vākyapadīya ~5th c. + Mammaṭas Kāvyaprakāśa ~11th c. + Anandavardhanas Dhvanyāloka
Sanskrit poetics

Names connected to Abhidha.

The number behind Abhidha.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Abhidha reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.