Chitrangada
Chitrangada means Warrior princess of Manipur.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | C |
In the epics
Chitrangada appears in the Mahābhārata as a supporting: Eldest son of Shantanu and Satyavati.
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: Mithun
- Nakshatra: Punarvasu
- More names starting with C
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Warrior princess of Manipur”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Zara — Meanings families give: Princess, blooming flower; Princess, blooming flower, radiance; Princess, flower; popular in diaspora; Flower, princess; Princess, flower, radiance; Flower, shining, princess
- Amaira — Meanings families give: Eternal beauty; Eternal beauty, princess
- Saara — Pure, noble, princess
- Zaira — Blooming flower, radiant princess
- Tia — Goddess, princess
- Saira — Princess, carefree, bird
More girls' names of Sanskrit origin
- Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
- Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
- Aradhya — Worthy of worship
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
- Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
- Yash — Meanings families give: Glory, fame; Fame, glory, success, celebrity; Fame, glory, success; Success, glory, fame
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Dev — God, divine being
- Jiya — Meanings families give: Sweetheart, piece of heart; Heart, sweetheart
- Divya — Meanings families give: Divine, heavenly; Divine, heavenly, brilliant; Divine, heavenly, brilliant light; Divine, brilliant, beautiful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Chitrangada 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.