Ulupi

In the epics

Ulupi appears in the Mahābhārata as a supporting: Daughter of the naga king Kouravya; pulled Arjuna into the Ganga and brought him to her father's palace.

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 “Naga (serpent) princess, daughter of King Kauravya”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Phanindra — Lord of serpents, Shesha naga
• Nagappa — Father of serpents, Naga chief
• Vasuki — Sacred serpent of Shiva, king of snakes
• Naga — Serpent, divine serpent
• Nagalakshmi — Goddess Lakshmi with serpent
• Phani — Serpent, cobra

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

Ulupi 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.