Entry № 9251 · Sanskrit origin

Sarmistha Sarmistha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shar-MISH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mahabharata Yayati's queen (Devyani feud)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mahabharata yayati's queen (devyani feud)".

Sarmistha is from the Sanskrit शर्मिष्ठा (Śarmiṣṭhā — most fortunate, most charming) — from Sanskrit śarma (joy/fortune). Sarmistha is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu epic heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu epic heritage.

Mahabharata Yayati's queen (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

शर्मिष्ठा
Transliteration
Śarmiṣṭhā
Pronunciation
/ ʃərˈmɪʃ.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sarmistha stands.

Sarmistha 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.

Sarmisthas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sharmishtha
Asura princess + daughter of King Vrishaparva + Mahabharata Adi Parva + Devyani-Sharmishtha narrative + queen of Yayati + mother of Puru ancestor of Kuru-Pandava dynasties + Lunar Dynasty.
Mahabharata

Names connected to Sarmistha.

The number behind Sarmistha.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sarmistha reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.