Entry № 2253 · Sanskrit origin

Dakshinamurti Dakshinamurti — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DAHK-shee-nah-MOOR-tee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"South-facing Shiva / Guru"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "south-facing shiva / guru".

Dakshinamurti is from the Sanskrit Dakṣiṇāmūrti.

South-facing Shiva / Guru — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

दक्षिणामूर्ति

Transliteration: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Pronunciation: / ˌdɑːk.ʃi.nɑːˈmuːr.ti /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Dakshinamurti stands.

Dakshinamurti 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.

Namesakes

Dakshinamurtis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Dakshinamurti south facing Shiva Guru 4 sages Sanaka Sanandana Sanatana Sanatkumara Manasa Putras Brahma / Adi Shankara Dakshinamurti-Stotra 10 verses mauna-vyakhya-prakatita-para-brahma-tattvam yuvanam / Chin-mudra Atman-Brahman / Adi Guru Advaita Adi Shankara Gaudapada Govinda-Bhagavatpada Shri Shankara

Sanskrit south-facing-form of-Shiva + dakṣiṇā south + mūrti form + Dakṣiṇāmūrti south-facing-Shiva Sanaka + Sanandana + Sanātana + Sanatkumāra Manasa-Putras Brahmas-mind-born-sons + Dakṣiṇāmūrti-Stotra Adi Shankaracharya 10-verses Advaita-Vedanta mauna-vyākhyā-prakaṭita-para-brahma-tattvaṃ yuvānaṃ + Cin-mudrā Ātman-Brahman-oneness + Dakṣiṇāmūrti Ādi-Guru Advaita-lineage Adi-Shankaracharya + Gauḍapāda + Govinda-Bhagavatpāda + Śrī-Śaṅkara

Dakshinamurti

Names connected to Dakshinamurti.

Numerology

The number behind Dakshinamurti.

The Builder

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