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Banwari
बनवारीSay it bun-WAA-ree
- Meaning today
- Lord krishna, one who lives in the forest
- Original meaning
- "Krishna, wearer of the forest garland (= banmālī)" Monier-Williams, p. 918
- Say it
- bun-WAA-ree
- Written
- बनवारी
- Other spellings
- Banvari, Banwarilal
Banwari
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Banwari meaning
Banwari (बनवारी) is a Hindu boy's name of Hindi origin (from Sanskrit).
Krishna, wearer of the forest garland (= banmālī)
Also used to mean: lord krishna, one who lives in the forest
Banwari (बनवारी) is a Hindi name of Krishna. Platts' Hindi dictionary treats banwārī as another form of banmālī, Sanskrit vanamālin, "wearing a garland of forest flowers". Monier-Williams gives vanamālin as an epithet of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa and vanamālā as the chaplet of wild flowers that Krishna wears. Baby-name lists give the name as "Lord Krishna" and sometimes as "one who lives in the forest", a looser reading of ban, "forest". It is used in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, also as Banwarilal. Banwarilal Purohit, a former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Punjab, carries it.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Krishna.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 918 · entry vana-mālin · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, vana-mālin, p. 918 · Monier-Williams, vana-mālā, p. 918 · Platts, banwārī, p. 172
Famous namesakes
- Banwarilal Purohit, former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Punjab
Spellings
Banwari · Banvari · Banwarilal