Entry № 9090 · Sanskrit origin

Sakshini Sakshini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAHK-shee-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Witness-consciousness"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "witness-consciousness".

Sakshini is from the Sanskrit Sākṣiṇī.

Witness-consciousness — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

साक्षिणी
Transliteration
Sākṣiṇī
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑːk.ʃi.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sakshini stands.

Sakshini 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.

Sakshinis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sakshi Advaita witness / Kaivalya 1.4 / Bhagavad Gita 9:18 13:23 / Adi Shankara Drig-Drishya-Viveka / Ramana Maharshi Sakshi-Bhava
Sanskrit witness-observer conscious-witness + sākṣī witness + Sākṣī Advaita Vedanta observing-witness-Self + Kaivalya Upanishad 1.4 Sākṣī-Cetā kevalo nirguṇaś ca + Bhagavad Gita 9:18 sākṣī nivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt + 13:23 upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ + Adi Shankaracharyas Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka + Ramana Maharshi Sākṣī-Bhāva
Vedanta Sakshi

Names connected to Sakshini.

The number behind Sakshini.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sakshini reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.