Gandhari

In the epics

Gandhari appears in the Mahābhārata as a other: Daughter of Subala, king of Gandhara; obtained a boon from Shiva that she would have a hundred sons.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Princess of Gandhara”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Zara — Flower, princess
• Amaira — Eternal beauty, princess
• Saara — Pure, noble, princess
• Zaira — Blooming flower, radiant princess
• Tia — Goddess, princess
• Saira — Princess, carefree, bird

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

Where this comes from

Gandhari 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.