Priya

In the epics

Priya appears in the Mahābhārata as a wife of Adbhuta: Wife of Adbhuta.

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: Kark
• Nakshatra: Ashlesha
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Beloved, dear; Beloved, dear one, darling; Beloved, dear one; Dear, beloved; one who is cherished; Beloved, dear one, cherished”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent
• Lal — Beloved, red, darling
• Saajan — Beloved, darling, the adored one
• Priyam — Beloved, dear, cherished
• Priyank — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear and cherished one, lovable person; Beloved, dear to the heart
• Hridya — pleasing or dear to the heart, beloved, cherished

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Marathi / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Aparna — leafless

Other names under Kark rashi

• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Disha — Meanings families give: Direction, path, guiding light; Direction, guidance, aim; Direction, path
• Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion
• Keerthana — Meanings families give: Devotional song; Praise, devotional song; Devotional song, fame, glory; Devotional song, praise

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

Where this comes from

Priya 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.