"Worship" or "prayer"; Sanskrit pūjā, "honour, worship, reverence"
Nakshatra
Hasta nakshatra names
हस्त. Starting sounds: pada 1 पू (Pu) · pada 2 ष (Sha) · pada 3 ण (Na) · pada 4 ठ (Tha). Rashi: Kanya.
29 names in our list fit these sounds. Confirm the pada and syllable with your priest. How syllables are chosen
पू Pu
Full moon
"Full, complete"
"Worship, reverence"; Sanskrit pūjana
Worshipped, honoured; Sanskrit pūjita
Complete, full; Hindi form of Sanskrit pūrṇa
"The full moon"
"Full-moon night"
"East" or "first"; Sanskrit pūrvā, "the east"
"Rising in the east" in popular use; Sanskrit pūrva + aṃśa
Lord of the east; Sanskrit pūrva + īśa
"Eastern"; also an evening rāga
Close sounds: long or short vowel. Many families accept these; check with your priest.
"Thrill of joy, delight"; Sanskrit pulaka
"Thrilled with joy"; Sanskrit pulakita
"White lotus"; Sanskrit puṇḍarīka
"Pure, holy"; Sanskrit punīta, "purified"
"Purified, pure"
"Virtuous, pure"; also "merit"
"Best among men", a name of Vishnu; Sanskrit puruṣottama
"Lotus, sacred lake"; Sanskrit puṣkara
"King of lotuses" in popular use; Marathi puṣkarāja, "topaz"
"Flower"
Kubera's flying chariot; Sanskrit puṣpaka, from puṣpa, "flower"
"A flowering creeper"
"An offering of flowers" held in cupped hands
"Lord of flowers"; Sanskrit puṣpa + indra
"King of flowers"; Sanskrit puṣparāja, topaz
"Nourishment, thriving"; in Pushtimarg, "divine grace"
ष Sha
"Six-faced", a name of Kartikeya
Sounds with no names yet
ण Na (pada 3) · ठ Tha (pada 4)
Few or no given names start with these sounds. We add checked names every month.