Entry № 9475 · Sanskrit origin

Shakambhari Shakambhari — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shah-KAHM-bah-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Devi as vegetable-goddess"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "devi as vegetable-goddess".

Shakambhari is from the Sanskrit Śākambharī.

Devi as vegetable-goddess — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शाकम्भरी
Transliteration
Śākambharī
Pronunciation
/ ʃəˈkɑːm.bə.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shakambhari stands.

Shakambhari 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.

Shakambharis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Shakambhari Devi Temple Saharanpur Shakti Pitha / Devi Mahatmya 11:46 / Chauhan Sambhar
Sanskrit vegetable-bearing herb-bearing-goddess + śāka vegetable + bhṛ to bear + form of Devi-Durga nourished-humanity 100-year drought + Devi Bhagavata + Devi Mahatmya Markandeya Purana ~5th-6th c. chapter 11 verse 46 + Śākambharī Devi Temple Saharanpur UP Shakti Pitha + Śākambharī Navaratri Poush-Purnima + Chauhan-dynasty Sambhar
Hindu Shakta

Names connected to Shakambhari.

The number behind Shakambhari.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shakambhari reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.