Entry № 6401 · Sanskrit origin

Manjusha Manjusha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mahn-JOO-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Jewelry box (Bengali Manjusha art)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "jewelry box (bengali manjusha art)".

Manjusha is from the Sanskrit मञ्जूषा (Mañjūṣā — small box, jewelry box, treasure-chest). Manjusha is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu heritage.

Jewelry box (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

मञ्जूषा
Transliteration
Mañjūṣā
Pronunciation
/ mənˈdʒuː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Manjusha stands.

Manjusha 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.

Manjushas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Manjusha Art / Manjushri Bodhisattva
Bihar Snake folk art + Angika Art + Anga Mahajanapada + Manjushri Bodhisattva of Wisdom + flaming sword cutting through ignorance + Prajnaparamita Sutra.
Hindu + Buddhist

Names connected to Manjusha.

The number behind Manjusha.

6

The Nurturer

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