Madri
Madri means Princess of the Madra kingdom.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | M |
In the epics
Madri appears in the Mahābhārata as a other: Pandu's second wife; laments over his dead body and climbs the funeral pyre with him.
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.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Princess of the Madra kingdom”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Vaidehi — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Sita; from Videha kingdom; pure
- Rajdeep — Meanings families give: Light of the kingdom; lamp of royalty; Lamp of the king, royal light
- Malkit — Kingdom, owner of realms
- Rajlakshmi — Meanings families give: Royal Lakshmi, queen of prosperity; Royal Lakshmi; prosperity of the kingdom
- Pramila — N. of a woman (sovereign of a kingdom of women)
- Mithila — Birthplace of Sita, a kingdom
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
Where this comes from
Madri 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.