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Names starting with Bh (भ): 8 names from the scriptures

3 for boys and 5 for girls. With each name: its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable.

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Here are 8 names starting with Bh (भ): 3 for boys and 5 for girls. Each comes from the Lalita Sahasranama, Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, Vishnu Sahasranama and was checked in two separate editions; with each name are its meaning, its number in the text, and the nakshatra pada and rashi of its first syllable by the Avakahada chakra (Sagittarius (Dhanu)).

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Boys’ names starting with Bh (भ) (3)

  • भव

    BhavBoy

    The source from which all comes into being

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 12 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.30
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 748; Apte p. 810
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भानु

    BhanuBoy

    The radiant one, by whose light all else shines

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 284
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भीम

    BheemBoy

    Whom all hold in awe; or (read abhima) who gives no fear to those on the right path

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 357
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    भी → Mula pada 4 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

Girls’ names starting with Bh (भ) (5)

  • भगवती

    BhagwatiGirl

    Possessed of the six bhagas: lordship, righteousness, fame, prosperity, wisdom and dispassion

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 279
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भवानी

    BhavaniGirl

    Consort of Bhava (Shiva), who gives life to Bhava

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 112; also in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama (name 4)
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भव्या

    BhavyaGirl

    Auspicious; a name of Uma

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 28 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 750
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भाविनी

    BhaviniGirl

    Who brings all into being (Gita Press gloss); in the dictionary, a noble, beautiful woman

    Source
    Durga Ashtottara Shatanama, name 26 (Gita Press)
    Deity
    Durga
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 755
    First syllable
    भा → Mula pada 3 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

  • भुवनेश्वरी

    BhuvaneshwariGirl

    Ruler of the fourteen worlds

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 294
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    भू → Purva Ashadha pada 1 → Sagittarius (Dhanu)

Names with Bh (भ): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with Bh (भ)?

In the Avakahada chakra the rashi of the nakshatra pada a name’s first syllable belongs to is the name rashi. The first syllables of the names on this page: भा (Mula pada 3, Sagittarius (Dhanu)): भगवती, भव, भवानी, भव्या and others. भी (Mula pada 4, Sagittarius (Dhanu)): भीम. भू (Purva Ashadha pada 1, Sagittarius (Dhanu)): भुवनेश्वरी. This is the name rashi; the birth rashi is the Moon’s rashi at birth, found from the birth panchang.

What does the number next to the source mean?

It is the name’s place in the text: 1 to 1000 in the Vishnu and Lalita Sahasranamas, 1 to 1008 in the Mahabharata’s Shiva Sahasranama as the Gita Press counts it, and 1 to 108 in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama. Where a name comes more than once, the first number is given.

Must the name begin with the syllable of the birth nakshatra?

Many families keep the custom of giving a name that begins with the syllable of the Moon’s nakshatra pada at birth. That is a matter of family custom. This page gives the pada of each name’s first syllable so the match can be made; the birth pada comes from the birth panchang. Ask your family purohit about the naming rite itself.

Sources

  1. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  2. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya’s Commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed., 1925)
  3. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  4. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, Pune critical edition (BORI), Anushasana Parva, sanskritdocuments.org
  5. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Sachitra Shri Durga Saptashati, tr. Ramnarayan Dutt Shastri ‘Ram’ (Gita Press, 1961): numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  6. Durga Ashtottara Shatanama: Shri Durga Ashtottarashatanama Stotram and Namavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  7. Vishnu Sahasranama: Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  8. Vishnu Sahasranama: Vishnu Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  9. Vishnu Sahasranama: The Vishnu Sahasranama with the Bhashya of Sri Sankaracharya, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (Theosophical Publishing House, 1927)
  10. Name syllables: Brihad Avakahada Chakram, Shatapada Chakra verses 9–15; Pt. Sitarama Sharma, Ati Brihat Avakahada Chakram (1932), pp. 22–26

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