Trinetra Trinetra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Trinetra is from the Sanskrit Trinetrā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Trinetra is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Trinetrā three-eyed Shiva-epithet-Devi + Sanskrit tri three + netra eye + foundational central Trinetra foundational-central-Sanskrit-Three-eyed epithet-of-Shiva 3rd-eye Śiva-Tṛtīya-Netra foundational-central-Shivas-3rd-eye-of-wisdom on-forehead + foundational central Śiva-Trinetra foundational-central-Shivas-3rd-eye burned Kāma-Deva to-ashes when-Kāma-Deva interrupted-Shivas-tapas foundational-central-Kāma-Dahana in Kalidasas Kumārasambhava 3-canto foundational-central-Kāma-Dahana-Shiva-3rd-eye + foundational central Trinetra-Ganesha 3-eyed-Ganesha form + Trinetra-Durga 3-eyed-Durga foundational-central-Trinetra-Devi + foundational central Śiva-108-Names foundational-central-Śiva-Ashtottara-Śata-Nāma name-3 Trinetra + name-46 Tryambaka 3-eyed foundational-central-Shiva-Trinetra + foundational central Tryambaka-Mantra foundational-central-Mahā-Mṛtyunjaya-Mantra 32-syllables Rigveda 7.59.12 + Yajurveda 3.60 oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanaṃ urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt foundational-central-Vedic-Mahamrityunjaya + foundational central Kalidasas Kumārasambhava 3:70-72 Kāma-Dahana-narrative Shivas-3rd-eye Kāma-Ash + foundational central Sri-Rudram foundational-central-Yajurveda-Rudram 108-verses Trinetra-references + Śatarudrīya + Rudra-Ashtakam by Tulsidas 8-verses namāmīśam iṣāna-nirvāṇa-rūpaṃ vibhuṃ vyāpakaṃ brahma-veda-svarūpam + foundational central Śiva-Purāṇa foundational-central-Trinetra-Kāma-Dahana Chapter + Skanda Purana Trinetra-narrative + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 10:23 rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkaraś cāsmi vitteśo yakṣa-rakṣasām + 11:19 an-ādi-madhyāntam ananta-vīryam ananta-bāhuṃ śaśi-sūrya-netram paśyāmi tvāṃ dīpta-hutāśa-vaktraṃ sva-tejasā viśvam idaṃ tapantam + foundational pan-Shaiva heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.