Mukta
Mukta means loosened, let loose, set free, relaxed, slackened.
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi |
| Language | Hindi / Marathi |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
मुक्त (mukta): loosened, let loose, set free, relaxed, slackened.
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: Mrigashira
- More names starting with M
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “loosened, let loose, set free, relaxed, slackened”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Aditi — Meanings families give: Unbounded, infinite, mother of gods; Boundless, free, mother of gods; Mother of gods, boundless, free; Free, boundless, mother of gods
- Raahi — Meanings families give: Traveller, one on a journey; Traveller, wanderer, free spirit
- Vrij — Vrindavan, free, Krishna's home
- Anasuya — Free from envy or jealousy
- Ashokan — Meanings families give: Without sorrow; joyful and free from grief; Without grief, Emperor Ashoka
- Pakhi — Bird, free like a bird
More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Marathi origin
- Radha — Meanings families give: Beloved of Krishna, success; Devotee of Lord Krishna, prosperity
- Swara — Meanings families give: Musical note, melody, sound; Musical note, one who has good voice; Musical note, divine; Musical note, voice, sound
- Preeti — Meanings families give: Love, joy, affection; Love, affection, delight
- Kirti — good report, fame
- Shilpa — skill in any art or craft or work of art, ingenuity, contrivance
- Deepali — Meanings families give: Row of lamps, festival of lights; A row of lamps, Diwali lights
Other names under Mithun rashi
- Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
- 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
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mithun names.
Where this comes from
Mukta'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.