Devaki

In the epics

Devaki appears in the Mahābhārata as a queen: Great-minded Devaka's daughter.

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: Kark
• Nakshatra: Pushya
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Mother of Lord Krishna, divine woman”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Aditi — Free, boundless, mother of gods
• Rhea — Flowing stream, mother goddess
• Gayathri — A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
• Gayatri — Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn
• Mariyamma — Mother Mary, beloved of Mary
• Anjana — Eye cosmetic, kohl, mother of Hanuman

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Lamp, divine light
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga

Other names under Kark rashi

• Priya — Beloved, dear one, darling
• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Disha — Direction, path, guiding light
• Ganesh — Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion

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

Where this comes from

Devaki 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.