Mahindra
Mahindra means Great Indra, the mighty king of all celestial beings.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
महीन्द्र (mahīndra): m. () id. (lit. ‘earth-Indra’).
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
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: Meen
- Nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Great Indra, the mighty king of all celestial beings”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Ganesh — Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god
- Ganpat — Lord Ganesh, lord of all beings
- Vijendra — Lord of victory, supreme champion among all beings
- Mahesha — Lord Shiva, the greatest of all divine beings
- Vasudev — Father of Krishna, lord of all beings and wealth
- Harinath — Lord Vishnu, the lord and protector of all beings
More boys' names of Sanskrit origin
Other names under Meen rashi
- Pratham — First, primary, foremost
- Piya — Beloved, dear one, sweetheart
- Prithvi — Earth, wide, expansive
- Pavan — Wind, breeze, pure, holy
- Revathi — A star, prosperity, wealth
- Priyal — Beloved, pleasing, dear one
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Meen names.
Where this comes from
Mahindra's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.