Vamadeva

In the epics

Vamadeva appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a sage: Bull among brahmanas, worshipped by Dasharatha for the preparation of Rama's installation.

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 “Lovely or pleasant god”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Saloni — Beautiful, lovely, pretty
• Priyadarshini — Looking lovely, pleasant to behold
• Smita — Smiling, one who has a lovely smile
• Sushma — Beautiful, attractive, very lovely
• Manroop — Beautiful mind, lovely in thought
• Prameela — Twinkling eyes, one with lovely eyes

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Aarav — Peaceful sound, wisdom
• Arjun — Bright, shining, silver
• Reyansh — Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive

Where this comes from

Vamadeva 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.