Asita

In the epics

Asita appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a king, Bharata's son: Son of Bharata the ancestor.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Bharani
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Dark, black, the river Yamuna”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Yamuna — Sacred river Yamuna, twin
• Kalindi — River Yamuna, daughter of the sun
• Neelaveni — Blue-black braided hair
• Kaalimuthu — Black pearl
• Muthukaruppan — Black god of pearls
• Kaliyammal — Black goddess

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Subhadra — Sister of Lord Jagannath and Balabhadra, auspicious
• Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
• Madhusmita — Sweet smile, honeyed smile
• Bimala — Pure, spotless, Goddess Bimala of Puri temple
• Akanksha — Desire, aspiration
• Priyadarshini — Looking lovely, pleasant to behold

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Musical note, ascending

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.

Where this comes from

Asita has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.