Girl · Sanskrit · Hindu
Sanchi
सांचीSay it SAAN-chee
- Meaning today
- Collection, truthful, treasure
- In the dictionaries
- No dictionary meaning confirmed for the name itself
- Say it
- SAAN-chee
- Written
- सांची
- Other spellings
- Saanchi, Sanchee
- First sound
- सा · Kumbh rashi
Sanchi
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Sanchi meaning
Sanchi (सांची) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, सा, it is a Kumbh rashi name (Shatabhisha nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Meaning today
Collection, truthful, treasure
In the dictionaries
We haven't confirmed a dictionary meaning for the name itself. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Sanchi (सांची) is a modern girls' name, often spelled Saanchi. We could not find it in Monier-Williams, Apte or Platts, and name lists disagree about its meaning: some give "collection" or "treasure", perhaps by association with Sanchita, "gathered", and others give "truthful". None of these can be traced to a dictionary, so we treat them as modern popular meanings. The same word is the name of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, site of the great Buddhist stupa begun under the emperor Aśoka, a World Heritage site.
References: UNESCO, Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
Fits your syllable
First sound सा
Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 2 · Kumbh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Sanchi · Saanchi · Sanchee