Entry № 10084 · Sanskrit origin

Sulabha Sulabha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-LAH-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Mahabharata female philosopher who silenced King Janaka"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "mahabharata female philosopher who silenced king janaka".

Sulabha (सुलभा) means "easy to obtain" — but also "accomplished." The female Sanskrit philosopher of the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva, Chapter 320) — a wandering renunciate who entered King Janaka's mind through yogic powers to test his claim of enlightenment.

Featured in the Mahabharata, Shanti Parva 320.

Mahabharata female philosopher.

The name in its native script.

सुलभा
Transliteration
Sulabhā
Pronunciation
/ suːˈlɑː.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sulabha stands.

Sulabha 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.

Sulabhas before her.

Real people
Sulabha
Mahabharata philosopher.
In fiction
Sulabha
Mahabharata Shanti Parva 320.

Names connected to Sulabha.

The number behind Sulabha.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sulabha reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.