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Amartya
अमर्त्यSay it uh-MURT-yuh
- Meaning
- Immortal; imperishable, divine; a god Monier-Williams, p. 80
- Say it
- uh-MURT-yuh
- Written
- अमर्त्य
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Amartya
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Amartya meaning
Amartya (अमर्त्य) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Immortal; imperishable, divine; a god
Amartya (अमर्त्य) is the Sanskrit amartya, from a-, "not", and martya, "mortal, a human being", itself from the root mṛ, "to die". Monier-Williams gives it as immortal, citing the Ṛg-veda, Atharva-veda and Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, and also as imperishable or divine; as a noun it simply means a god. The name is best known through the economist Amartya Sen, who was named by Rabindranath Tagore. Name lists give Amartya as "immortal" or "divine", matching the dictionary. It is used mainly in Bengal.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 80 · entry a-martya · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, a-martya, p. 80 · Wikipedia, Amartya Sen
Famous namesakes
- Amartya Sen, economist and 1998 Nobel laureate
Fits your syllable
First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.