Entry № 8288 · Sanskrit origin

Pratyabhijna Pratyabhijna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PRAHT-yah-bee-JNAH /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Recognition / Kashmir Shaivism"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "recognition / kashmir shaivism".

Pratyabhijna is from the Sanskrit Pratyabhijñā. CE Śiva-Dṛṣṭi central Utpaladeva ~10th c.

CE Śiva-Dṛṣṭi central Utpaladeva ~10th c.

The name in its native script.

प्रत्यभिज्ञा
Transliteration
Pratyabhijñā
Pronunciation
/ ˌprɑːt.jə.biːdʒˈnɑː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pratyabhijna stands.

Pratyabhijna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Pratyabhijnas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Pratyabhijna Kashmir Shaivism Somananda Shiva-Drishti 9th c. / Utpaladeva Ishvara-Pratyabhijna-Karika 10th c. / Abhinavagupta Tantraloka 950-1016 / Kshemaraja Pratyabhijna-Hridayam 20 sutras
Sanskrit recognition self-recognition + prati- toward + abhi-jñā recognition + Pratyabhijñā Kashmir Shaivism Somānanda ~9th c. Śiva-Dṛṣṭi + Utpaladeva ~10th c. Īśvara-Pratyabhijñā-Kārikā + Abhinavagupta 950-1016 Īśvara-Pratyabhijñā-Vimarśinī + Tantrāloka + Kṣemarāja Pratyabhijñā-Hṛdayam 20-sutras
Kashmir Shaivism

Names connected to Pratyabhijna.

The number behind Pratyabhijna.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pratyabhijna reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.