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Jagriti
जागृतिSay it JAAG-ri-ti
- Meaning today
- Awakening, awareness
- Original meaning
- "waking, vigilance; from jāgṛ, to be awake or watchful" Monier-Williams, p. 417
- Say it
- JAAG-ri-ti
- Written
- जागृति
- Other spellings
- Jagruti, Jagrati
- First sound
- जा · Makar rashi
Jagriti
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Jagriti meaning
Jagriti (जागृति) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, जा, it is a Makar rashi name (Uttara Ashadha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Waking, vigilance; from jāgṛ, to be awake or watchful
Also used to mean: awakening, awareness
Jagriti (जागृति) is the Hindi word for awakening and alertness, built on the Sanskrit root jāgṛ. Monier-Williams gives that root as 'to be awake or watchful' and 'to awake', and also 'to watch over, be attentive to, care for'; said of a sacred fire, it means to go on burning. The dictionaries have no headword jāgṛti, but on the same page they record the closely related noun jāgarti, 'waking, vigilance'. Name lists today give 'awakening' and 'awareness', which stay close to that sense. The word belongs to everyday Hindi as well as to the language of prayer and reflection, so the name feels both familiar and thoughtful. Jagruti and Jagrati are variant spellings.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 417 · entry jāgarti (root jāgṛ) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, jāgṛ, p. 417 · Monier-Williams, jāgarti, p. 417
Fits your syllable
First sound जा
Uttara Ashadha nakshatra, pada 3 · Makar rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Jagriti · Jagruti · Jagrati