Devadas

Classical Sanskrit origin

देवदास (devadāsa): a servant of a monastery (Buddh.).

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

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: Dhanu
• Nakshatra: Purva Ashadha
• More names starting with D

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “a servant of a monastery (Buddh.)”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Nanak — Humble servant, spirit of the first Sikh Guru
• Gurdas — Servant of the Guru, Guru's devotee
• Gursevak — Servant of the Guru, one who serves
• Bhagwandas — Servant of God, devoted soul
• Gurnaib — Humble before the Guru, Guru's meek servant
• Namdeo — Servant of the name of God

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Sandeep — Meanings families give: Blazing lamp, brilliant; Blazing light, enlightened flame
• Sajeev — Meanings families give: Living, alive; Alive, living, full of life

Other names under Dhanu rashi

• Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
• Shruti — Meanings families give: Heard, sacred scriptures, Vedas; That which is heard, the Vedas; Hearing, sacred scriptures
• Ayyappan — Meanings families give: Lord Ayyappa; Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
• Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
• Tanushree — Meanings families give: Beautiful body, graceful; One with a beautiful body; graceful woman
• Sowmya — Meanings families give: Gracious, calm, born of moonlight; Gentle, soft, pleasing; Gentle, calm, mild, Goddess Parvati; Gentle, soft, pleasing, calm

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

Where this comes from

Devadas's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). 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.