Parijat

Parijat meaning

Parijat (पारिजात) is a Hindu unisex name of Sanskrit origin, used for both girls and boys. By its first sound, पा, it is a Kanya rashi name (Uttara Phalguni nakshatra) in the North Indian table.

The coral tree; one of the five trees of paradise

Also used to mean: divine tree, celestial flower

Parijat (पारिजात) is Sanskrit pārijāta, which Monier-Williams gives as the coral tree, Erythrina indica, with its crimson flowers, and as one of the five trees of paradise. In myth it rose from the churning of the ocean, was kept by Indra in his heavenly garden, and was carried off to earth by Krishna. In modern Hindi, however, pārijāt usually names a different plant, the night-flowering jasmine or harsingār (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), whose fragrant flowers open at night. Name lists give Parijat as a "divine tree" or "celestial flower". The Nepali writer Parijat, pen name of Bishnu Kumari Waiba, whose novel Shirishko Phool won the Madan Puraskar in 1965, bore the name.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 620 · entry pārijāta · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, pārijāta, p. 620 · Wisdom Library, Parijata (definitions incl. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) · Wikipedia, Parijat (writer)

Famous namesakes

• Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepali novelist

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First sound पा

Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, pada 3 · Kanya rashi

North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Parijat · Parijaat · Parijata

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