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Kaumudi
कौमुदीSay it KOW-mu-dee
- Meaning today
- Moonlight, full moon
- Original meaning
- "moonlight; the full-moon night of Kārttika" Monier-Williams, p. 316
- Say it
- KOW-mu-dee
- Written
- कौमुदी
- Other spellings
- Koumudi, Kaumudhi
Kaumudi
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Kaumudi meaning
Kaumudi (कौमुदी) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin.
Moonlight; the full-moon night of Kārttika
Also used to mean: full moon
Kaumudi (कौमुदी) is a Sanskrit word for moonlight, related to kumuda, the white water lily that opens under the moon. Monier-Williams gives moonlight, personified as the wife of the moon, the full-moon night of Kārttika and the festival held on it, and a water lily. Because moonlight makes things clear, kaumudī also became a word for an explanatory work, as in the grammar Siddhānta-kaumudī. Name lists give "moonlight" or "full moon", matching the dictionary. It is a graceful classical name, used across India.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 316 · entry kaumudī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, kaumudī, p. 316
Fits your syllable
First sound कौ
Punarvasu nakshatra, pada 2 · Mithun rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is को, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Kaumudi · Koumudi · Kaumudhi