Entry № 6388 · Sanskrit origin

Manimekhala Manimekhala — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-nee-MEH-kah-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Jeweled girdle / Tamil epic"
Syllables
5
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "jeweled girdle / tamil epic".

Manimekhala is from the Sanskrit Maṇimekhalā.

Jeweled girdle / Tamil epic — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मणिमेखला
Transliteration
Maṇimekhalā
Pronunciation
/ ˌmɑː.niːˈmɛ.kə.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manimekhala stands.

Manimekhala 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.

Manimekhalas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Manimekalai Tamil epic Aimperunkappiyangal / Chittalai Chathanar 6th c. Buddhist / 30 cantos daughter of Kovalan Madhavi / Silappadikaram / Pali sea goddess
Sanskrit jeweled-girdle sea-goddess + maṇi jewel + mekhalā girdle + Maṇimēkalai Tamil epic-poem Aimperunkāppiyaṅkal five-great-Tamil-epics ~6th c. Chittalai Chāthanār Buddhist + 30-cantos daughter-of-Kōvalan + Mādhavī Buddhist-heroine following-Silappadikāram + Maṇimekhalā Buddhist-sea-goddess Pali-Canon
Tamil Buddhist

Names connected to Manimekhala.

The number behind Manimekhala.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Manimekhala reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.