Entry № 5092 · Sanskrit origin

Kadambari Kadambari — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-DAHM-bah-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"World's first novel (Banabhatta's 7th c. Kadambari)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "world's first novel (banabhatta's 7th c. kadambari)".

Kadambari is from the Sanskrit कादम्बरी (Kādambarī — kadamba flower garland, intoxicating liquor of kadamba) — Sanskrit feminine. Kadambari is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu literary heritage.

World's first novel (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

कादम्बरी
Transliteration
Kādambarī
Pronunciation
/ kəˈdɑːm.bə.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kadambari stands.

Kadambari 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.

Kadambaris before her.

Real people
Banabhatta
Sanskrit author of Kadambari + world's first novel + reign of Emperor Harsha 606-647 CE.
c. 7th century CE
In fiction
Kadambari Devi
Sister-in-law + muse of Rabindranath Tagore.
1858 – 1884

Names connected to Kadambari.

The number behind Kadambari.

6

The Nurturer

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