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Kadambari
कादम्बरीSay it kaa-DUM-buh-ree
- Meaning today
- Saraswati, kadamba flower
- Original meaning
- "a name of Saraswati; the female koel; heroine of Bana's romance" Monier-Williams, p. 270
- Say it
- kaa-DUM-buh-ree
- Written
- कादम्बरी
- Other spellings
- Kadambri, Kaadambari
- First sound
- का · Mithun rashi
Kadambari
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Kadambari meaning
Kadambari (कादम्बरी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, का, it is a Mithun rashi name (Mrigashira nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
A name of Saraswati; the female koel; heroine of Bana's romance
Also used to mean: kadamba flower
Kadambari (कादम्बरी) is a Sanskrit word with several layers. Monier-Williams lists it as the female koel, the songbird of Indian spring, and as a name of the goddess Saraswati. It is also the name of the princess, daughter of the Gandharva king Citraratha, whose love story is told in Kadambari, the celebrated prose romance by the seventh-century poet Bana. The word is linked to the kadamba tree, since kādambara is a drink distilled from its flowers. Name lists give Saraswati or the kadamba flower.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Saraswati.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 270 · entry kādambarī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, kādambara and kādambarī, p. 270 · Wikipedia, Kadambari
Famous namesakes
- Kadambari, heroine of Bana's seventh-century Sanskrit romance
Fits your syllable
First sound का
Mrigashira nakshatra, pada 3 · Mithun rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Kadambari · Kadambri · Kaadambari