Shabari

In the epics

Shabari appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a sage: Mendicant firm in vows; served maharshis at Matanga's hermitage; collected forest fare for Rama from Pampa banks.

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 “Woman of the forest-dwelling Shabara people”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Alaya — Home, abode, dwelling
• Nikitha — Abode, dwelling place, earth
• Nilay — Home, abode and the dwelling place of peace
• Tamilnayaki — Leader of the Tamil people
• Narpat — Master of men, ruler of people
• Pabuji — Folk hero, protector of camels and people

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

Shabari 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.