"Awareness" in popular use; Sanskrit ābhāsa, "splendour, light"
Hindu boy names
Hindu boy names with the Sanskrit dictionary sense and the printed page we checked it on.
1,821 names: 1,784 for boys and 37 for both girls and boys. Most meanings are checked in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary, Platts' Urdu, Hindi and English dictionary and the Tamil Lexicon. 23 are modern names that the dictionaries we use don't list. A few to start: Chinmay ("pure consciousness"), Neev ("foundation") and Sujal ("pure water, lotus").
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100 of 1,821 names
Command, instruction; Sanskrit ādeśa
Beginning, first
"First" or "peak" in popular use; a modern name
Arrival, coming; also a sacred text, from Sanskrit āgama
Attraction; Sanskrit ākarṣa, "drawing towards oneself"
Musical prelude; Sanskrit ālāpa, "speech, melody"
"Peaceful" in popular use; Sanskrit ārava, "sound"
"Righteous" in popular use; Sanskrit ārita, "praised"
Ascent, rising; Sanskrit āroha
"First ray of the sun" in popular use; Sanskrit aruṣa, "reddish"
Intention, the heart's meaning; Sanskrit āśaya
Fire; Persian ātish
"Fragrance"; Arabic ʿabīr, a saffron perfume
Fearless; Sanskrit abhaya, "without fear"
Recognition, knowledge; Sanskrit abhijñāna
Noble, well-born; Sanskrit abhijāta
Complete victory; Sanskrit abhijaya
Victorious; Sanskrit abhijit, also the star Vega
Fearless; Sanskrit a-bhīka
Desire, wish; Sanskrit abhilāṣa
Arjuna's son in the Mahabharata; popularly "heroic"
Delight and praise; Sanskrit abhinandana, "gladdening, applauding"
New, fresh, young
Expression, acting; Sanskrit abhinaya
"Fearless king" in popular use; Sanskrit abhirāj, "reigning everywhere"
Delightful, pleasing; Sanskrit abhirāma, also a name of Shiva
Handsome, pleasing; Sanskrit abhirūpa
"Anointing, consecration"
"Cloud"; Sanskrit abhra
Rising, prosperity; Sanskrit abhyudaya, "sunrise"
Immovable, steady; Sanskrit acala, "mountain"
Inconceivable, beyond thought; Sanskrit acintya
Imperishable; Sanskrit acyuta, a name of Vishnu and Krishna
"Ideal"; Sanskrit ādarśa, a mirror and "ideal perfection"
Emperor, supreme king; Sanskrit adhirāja
Lord, master; Sanskrit adhīśa
"Steady" in popular use; Sanskrit adhṛta, a name of Vishnu
The first lord; a name of Shiva and the first Tirthankara
Son of Aditi, the sun; Sanskrit āditeya
The sun; "son of Aditi"
Lord of the mountains; Sanskrit adrīśa
Unique, without a second; non-duality
Unique, without a second; Sanskrit advaya, "not two"
"Unique" in popular use; a modern name with no dictionary source
"Unique" in popular use; a modern name related to advitīya
Unique, matchless; Sanskrit advitīya
A celebrated sage; traditionally "mountain-thrower"
"Bright as fire" in popular use; name of an ancient sage-physician
First-born, elder brother; Sanskrit agraja
Foremost, first; Sanskrit agrima
"Dawn" in popular use; Sanskrit ahan, "day"
Invincible, unconquered; Sanskrit ajaya
Unconquerable; Sanskrit ajeya
"Invincible"
Unconquered, invincible; Sanskrit ajita, a name of Vishnu
Invincible lord; Sanskrit ajita + īśa
The sky; open space
"Lamp of the sky"
Whole, unbroken; Sanskrit akhaṇḍa
Whole, complete; Sanskrit akhila, "without a gap"
Lord of all; Sanskrit akhila, "whole", + īśa, "lord"
"Eye" in popular use; Sanskrit akṣa, "axis; eye"
A name of Vishnu; Sanskrit akṣaja, "diamond, thunderbolt"
Imperishable; also "letter, syllable"; Sanskrit akṣara
Unbroken, whole; Sanskrit akṣata
"Imperishable, undecaying"
Undecaying, lasting; Sanskrit akṣita
A name of Lord Shiva; Sanskrit akula
The invisible, formless God; Hindi alakh
Ornament, decoration; Sanskrit alaṃkāra
Adorned, decorated; Sanskrit alaṃkṛta
"Light"; also sight
"Small, little" in popular use; a modern name
Spotless moon; Sanskrit amala + indu
Peace and safety; from Arabic amān, "security, protection"
"Immortal"
Lord of the gods, Indra; Sanskrit amara + indra
Lord of the gods; a name of Shiva; Sanskrit amareśa
Immortal victory
Lord of the immortals; the name of Shiva's cave shrine
Immortal; Sanskrit amartya
"Ambergris, fragrance"; Arabic ʿanbar
"Lord of the sky" in popular use; the devout king Ambarīṣa
Lotus; Sanskrit ambuja, "born in water"
Immeasurable, boundless; Sanskrit ameya
A modern name, usually given as "honest"
"Boundless, infinite"
Of boundless splendour; Sanskrit amitābha
Boundless lord; Sanskrit amita, "infinite", + īśa, "lord"
"Unfading, bright"; Sanskrit amlāna
Joy, delight; Sanskrit āmoda, also "fragrance"
Unfailing, unerring; Sanskrit amogha, a name of Shiva and Vishnu
Priceless; Hindi amol, from Sanskrit amūlya
Nectar of immortality; immortal
The moon, "nectar-rayed"; Sanskrit amṛtāṃśu
Without beginning, eternal; Sanskrit anādi
Sinless, faultless; Sanskrit anagha
"Joy, bliss"
Kamadeva, god of love, "the bodiless"; Sanskrit anaṅga
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