Mandara

Classical Sanskrit origin

मन्दार (mandāra): (in some meanings also written ) the coral tree, Erythrina Indica (also regarded as one of the 5 trees of paradise or Svarga).

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.

In the epics

Mandara appears in the Mahābhārata as a son of Hiranyakashipu: The eldest son of Hiranyakashipu.

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: Simha
• Nakshatra: Magha
• More names starting with M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Divine coral tree, a heavenly flower”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Pavalamani — Pearl coral jewel
• Praval — Coral, brave and courageous like the precious stone
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
• Dhivya — Divine, heavenly, sacred
• Aarshiya — Divine, heavenly, celestial
• Urvashi — Celestial beauty, divine and heavenly maiden

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 Simha rashi

• Lavanya — Grace, beauty, loveliness
• Krishna — Dark, all attractive, Vishnu avatar
• Surya — Sun, solar
• Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
• Harshil — Joyful, happy
• Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful

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

Where this comes from

Mandara'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.