Girl · Sanskrit · Hindu
Yojana
योजनाSay it YOH-juh-naa
- Meaning today
- Plan, scheme
- Original meaning
- "arrangement, preparation; joining, union; construction" Monier-Williams, p. 858
- Say it
- YOH-juh-naa
- Written
- योजना
- Other spellings
- Yojna
- First sound
- यो · Dhanu rashi
Yojana
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Yojana meaning
Yojana (योजना) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, यो, it is a Dhanu rashi name (Mula nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Arrangement, preparation; joining, union; construction
Also used to mean: plan, scheme
Yojana (योजना) is the Sanskrit word yojanā, from yuj, "to join, to yoke". Monier-Williams gives use and application, arrangement and preparation, construction, and joining or union. In modern Hindi and Marathi yojanā is the everyday word for a plan or scheme, and name lists explain the name as "plan". The related neuter word yojana is the old Indian measure of distance used in the epics. The name is used across north and west India.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 858 · entry yojanā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, yojana and yojanā, p. 858
Fits your syllable
First sound यो
Mula nakshatra, pada 2 · Dhanu rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Yojana · Yojna