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Damini
दामिनीSay it DAA-mi-nee
- Meaning
- Lightning Apte, p. 563
- Say it
- DAA-mi-nee
- Written
- दामिनी
- First sound
- दा · Kumbh rashi
Damini
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Damini meaning
Damini (दामिनी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, दा, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Lightning
Damini (दामिनी) is the Sanskrit dāminī, which Apte's Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary glosses in a single word: "lightning". Monier-Williams has no separate entry for it, so Apte is the dictionary authority here. Sanskrit has many words for lightning, among them vidyut, taḍit and saudāminī, and the last of these looks closely related to dāminī, though the dictionaries do not spell out the link. Name lists give Damini as "lightning", in line with the dictionary. Many Indians also know the name from the 1993 Hindi film Damini, whose heroine fights for justice after witnessing an assault in her own home. The name is used for girls across India.
Source: Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1890), p. 563 · entry dāminī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Apte, dāminī, p. 563 · Wisdom Library, saudāminī (Cologne dictionaries) · Wikipedia, Damini (1993 film)
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First sound दा
Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra, pada 3 · Kumbh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.