Asita

In the epics

Asita appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a king, Bharata's son: Son of Bharata the ancestor.

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: Bharani
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Dark, black, the river Yamuna”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Yamuna — Sacred river Yamuna, twin
• Kalindi — River Yamuna, daughter of the sun
• Sunil — very black or blue
• Nilaveni — Meanings families give: Blue-haired, one with blue-black hair; Moonlit braid
• Neelaveni — Blue-black braided hair
• Kaalimuthu — Black pearl

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
• Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
• Bimala — Pure, spotless, Goddess Bimala of Puri temple
• Rupashree — Beautiful, fortunate in form
• Sabitri — Odia form of Savitri, devoted wife
• Debjani — Gift of God, divine

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

Asita 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.