Adrika

In the epics

Adrika appears in the Mahābhārata: Apsara cursed by Brahma to live as a fish in the Yamuna.

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. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Krittika
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Celestial, of the mountains; Celestial; of the mountains”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Girish — Meanings families give: Lord of mountains, Shiva who dwells on Kailash; Lord of mountains, Shiva; Lord of the mountains, Shiva; Lord of mountains, Lord Shiva; Lord of the mountain, Shiva
• Shailesh — Meanings families give: Lord of mountains, Shiva who resides on Kailash; Lord of mountains; Shiva
• Parvathi — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, daughter of Parvat; Daughter of mountains, goddess Parvati
• Parvatibai — Lady of the mountains, Parvati devotee
• Dhivya — Meanings families give: Divine, celestial; Divine, heavenly, sacred
• Sourav — Meanings families give: Divine fragrance; Celestial, divine and of heavenly fragrance

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali origin

• Esha — Meanings families give: Desire, wish, goddess Parvati; Desire, wish; one who is desired
• Padma — Meanings families give: Lotus flower, Goddess Lakshmi; Lotus; Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus
• Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi
• Indrani — Meanings families give: Wife of Indra; Wife of Indra; queen of the gods
• Urmila — Meanings families give: Wife of Lakshmana, enchanting; Enchanting, waves of passion; wife of Lakshmana
• Jayanti — Meanings families give: Victorious, daughter of Indra; Victorious; born on a day of victory

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending

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

Where this comes from

Adrika 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.