Entry № 10172 · Sanskrit origin

Sushumna Sushumna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-SHOOM-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Central yogic energy channel (Kundalini yoga)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "central yogic energy channel (kundalini yoga)".

Sushumna is from the Sanskrit सुषुम्ना (Suṣumnā — most gracious, very calm, central). Sushumna is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Tantric + Yogic heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu yogic heritage.

Central yogic energy channel (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

सुषुम्ना
Transliteration
Suṣumnā
Pronunciation
/ suːˈʃuːm.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sushumna stands.

Sushumna 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.

Sushumnas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sushumna Nadi
Central yogic energy channel + Kundalini pathway + Ida + Pingala accompaniment + Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
Hatha Yoga

Names connected to Sushumna.

The number behind Sushumna.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sushumna reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.