Entry № 2251 · Sanskrit origin

Dakshayani Dakshayani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHK-shah-YAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Sati daughter of Daksha"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "sati daughter of daksha".

Dakshayani is from the Sanskrit Dākṣāyaṇī.

Sati daughter of Daksha — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दाक्षायणी
Transliteration
Dākṣāyaṇī
Pronunciation
/ ˌdɑːk.ʃɑːˈjɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dakshayani stands.

Dakshayani 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.

Dakshayanis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sati daughter of Daksha / Daksha-Yajna 51 Shakti Pithas / Shiva Tandava
Sanskrit daughter-of-Daksha + Sati first-wife of Shiva + Dakṣa-Yajña narrative Bhagavata Purana + Devi Bhagavata + Kalidasas Kumārasambhava + Sati self-immolation Daksha-yajna + Shivas Tāṇḍava + 51 Śakti-Pīṭha shrines Sati body-parts
Hindu Shakta

Names connected to Dakshayani.

The number behind Dakshayani.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dakshayani reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.