Entry № 1450 · Sanskrit origin

Bhavabhuti Bhavabhuti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BAH-vah-BHOO-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Existence-glory / Sanskrit playwright"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "existence-glory / sanskrit playwright".

Bhavabhuti is from the Sanskrit Bhavabhūti.

Existence-glory / Sanskrit playwright — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

भवभूति
Transliteration
Bhavabhūti
Pronunciation
/ ˌbɑː.vɑːˈbhuː.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bhavabhuti stands.

Bhavabhuti 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.

Bhavabhutis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhavabhuti Sanskrit poet dramatist 8th c. 725-750 Yashovarman Kanauj / Mahavira-Charita 7 acts Uttara-Rama-Charita 7 acts Malati-Madhava 10 acts / Shrikantha real name Padmapura / tragedy Karuna-Rasa / equal to Kalidasa / Uttara-Rama-Charita
Sanskrit existence-glory being-splendor + bhava existence + bhūti glory + Bhavabhūti Sanskrit-poet-dramatist 8th c. 725-750 King-Yaśovarman Kanauj + Mahāvīra-Carita 7-acts + Uttara-Rāma-Carita 7-acts + Mālatī-Mādhava 10-acts + Bhavabhūti Śrīkaṇṭha Padmapura + Bhavabhūti-Ṭrāgic-Karuṇa-Rasa + Bhavabhūti Kalidasa ekaḥ kavir Bhavabhūtiḥ + Uttara-Rāma-Carita
Bhavabhuti

Names connected to Bhavabhuti.

The number behind Bhavabhuti.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bhavabhuti reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.