Karuna

Classical Sanskrit origin

करुण (karuṇa): ‘causing pity or compassion’, one of the Rasas or sentiments of a poem, the pathetic sentiment.

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: Mithun
• Nakshatra: Punarvasu
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “‘causing pity or compassion’, one of the Rasas or sentiments of a poem, the pathetic sentiment”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Bhavana — Meanings families give: Feelings, emotions; Feeling, sentiment, meditation; Feeling, emotion, imagination; Feeling, emotion, devotion; Feelings, emotions, devotion
• Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
• Kavitha — Meanings families give: Poem, poetry; Poetry, a poem, poetic woman; Poem, verse; Poetry, poem, verse; Poetry, poem, a poetess; Poem, poetess, lyrical
• Gita — a song, sacred song or poem, religious doctrines declared in metrical form by an inspired sage
• Kaavya — Poem, poetic
• Kalpana — ‘forming in the imagination, inventing’, composition of a poem

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
• 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
• Karan — Clever, talented, Arjuna

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

Where this comes from

Karuna'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.