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Names starting with P (प): 21 names from the scriptures

14 for boys and 7 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 21 names starting with P (प): 14 for boys and 7 for girls. Each comes from the Vishnu Sahasranama, Lalita Sahasranama, Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata) 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 (Virgo (Kanya)).

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Boys’ names starting with P (प) (14)

  • पद्मनाभ

    PadmanabhBoy

    From whose navel rises the lotus, the source of the world

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 48
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • परमेश्वर

    ParameshwarBoy

    The Supreme Lord, present equally in all beings

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 377
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पर्जन्य

    ParjanyaBoy

    Like the rain cloud, quenching the three sorrows and showering what is wished for

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 810
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पवन

    PavanBoy

    The purifier (Gita 10.31: of purifiers I am the wind)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 291
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पवित्र

    PavitraBoy

    The purifier, or himself the means of purification

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 62
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पशुपति

    PashupatiBoy

    Lord of all creatures (pashu), of all souls

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 409 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.76
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 611
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पुरंदर

    पुरन्दरPurandarBoy

    Breaker of the cities (pura) of the gods’ enemies

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 335
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पुरुजित

    पुरुजित्PurujitBoy

    Conqueror of many

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 506
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पुरुषोत्तम

    PurushottamBoy

    The highest Person, beyond the perishable and the imperishable (Gita 15.18)

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 24
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पूर्ण

    PoornBoy

    Full, possessing every object of desire and every power

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 685
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पृथु

    PrithuBoy

    Who spreads out as the universe

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 410
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    पृ is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रकाश

    PrakashBoy

    Shining and bright; who reveals himself to his devotees (Gita Press gloss)

    Source
    Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata), name 510 (Gita Press); Pune edition, Anushasana Parva 17.89
    Deity
    Shiva
    Meaning based on
    Sanskrit dictionary: Monier-Williams p. 653; Apte p. 724
    First syllable
    प्र is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रणव

    PranavBoy

    The syllable Om; he whom the Vedas salute

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 409
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    प्र is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रद्युम्न

    PradyumnaBoy

    Of great wealth (dyumna); or one of the four vyuhas

    Source
    Vishnu Sahasranama, name 640
    Deity
    Vishnu
    Meaning based on
    Shankara’s commentary
    First syllable
    प्र is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

Girls’ names starting with P (प) (7)

  • परमेश्वरी

    ParameshwariGirl

    The supreme ruler

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 396; also in the Durga Ashtottara Shatanama (name 104)
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पार्वती

    ParvatiGirl

    Daughter of the mountain Himavat

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 246
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पुष्टि

    PushtiGirl

    Nourishment; the goddess of the Devadaru forest

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 444
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • पूर्णा

    PurnaGirl

    Fullness: free of the limits of time, place and circumstance

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 292
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    पू → Hasta pada 1 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रतिष्ठा

    PratishthaGirl

    The foundation of the universe

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 829
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    प्र is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रभावती

    PrabhavatiGirl

    Luminous, surrounded by the radiant powers such as Anima

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 393
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    प्र is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya)

  • प्रियंकरी

    प्रियङ्करीPriyankariGirl

    Who does what is dear and awakens affection

    Source
    Lalita Sahasranama, name 731
    Deity
    Lalita (the Devi)
    Meaning based on
    Bhaskararaya’s commentary
    First syllable
    प्रि is a conjunct: its first letter, प: पा → Uttara Phalguni pada 3 → Virgo (Kanya) or keeping the vowel, पी: पी → Uttara Phalguni pada 4 → Virgo (Kanya)

Names with P (प): questions and answers

What is the rashi of a name starting with P (प)?

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: पा (Uttara Phalguni pada 3, Virgo (Kanya)): पद्मनाभ, परमेश्वर, परमेश्वरी, पर्जन्य and others. पू (Hasta pada 1, Virgo (Kanya)): पुरंदर, पुरुजित, पुरुषोत्तम, पुष्टि and others. 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. Vishnu Sahasranama: Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  2. Vishnu Sahasranama: Vishnu Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  3. Vishnu Sahasranama: The Vishnu Sahasranama with the Bhashya of Sri Sankaracharya, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (Theosophical Publishing House, 1927)
  4. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranamavali, sanskritdocuments.org
  5. Lalita Sahasranama: Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya’s Commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed., 1925)
  6. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, vol. 6 (Anushasana Parva), Gita Press: numbered, with a Hindi gloss
  7. Shiva Sahasranama (Mahabharata): Mahabharata, Pune critical edition (BORI), Anushasana Parva, sanskritdocuments.org
  8. 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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