Puspanjali

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: Kanya
• Nakshatra: Chitra
• More names starting with P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Offering of flowers, floral tribute”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Rajmalbai — Royal garland lady, floral queen
• Anjali — Meanings families give: Offering, tribute; Offering with folded hands, devotion; Offering, gift, tribute; Offering, tribute with folded hands; Offering, tribute, folded hands; Offering, gift, salutation
• Rupanjali — An offering of beauty; beautiful tribute
• Archana — Meanings families give: Worship, one who worships the divine; Worship, prayer, homage; Worship, offering, prayer; Worshipping, offering of prayers; Worship, offering prayers
• Geetanjali — Meanings families give: Offering of songs, musical garland; Offering of songs; collection of devotional songs; Offering of songs; Tagore work
• Prasad — Meanings families give: Blessed offering, gift from a deity to a devotee; Divine blessing, clarity; Grace, offering to god, clarity; Divine grace, blessed offering

More girls' names of Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
• Subhashree — Good fortune, beautiful blessing
• Bimala — Pure, spotless, Goddess Bimala of Puri temple
• Rupashree — Beautiful, fortunate in form
• Sabitri — Odia form of Savitri, devoted wife
• Debjani — Gift of God, divine

Other names under Kanya rashi

• Dhruv — Meanings families give: Pole star, constant; Pole star, fixed, immovable; Pole star, fixed and unwavering
• Parth — Meanings families give: Prince, Arjuna; Arjuna, prince; Son of Pritha, another name for Arjuna the great hero; Arjuna, son of Pritha, earthly; Son of Pritha; name of Arjuna; Arjuna, one who never misses the target; Arjuna, king, prince
• Prisha — Meanings families give: Beloved, God's gift; Beloved, darling; Beloved, God gifted, talent
• Priyanka — Meanings families give: Lovable, beautiful; Favourite, dear one, lovable; Lovable, dear one; Lovable, dear, beautiful; Lovable, dear one, winning heart; Loveable, charming, dear; Lovable, dear; Lovable, dear, beloved
• Pihu — Meanings families give: Sound of a bird; Chirping of birds; sweet sound; Sweet sound, chirping of birds; Sweet sound, chirping bird
• Pooja — Meanings families give: Prayer, worship, adoration; Worship, prayer; Worship, prayer, reverence; Worship, prayer, adoration

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

Where this comes from

Puspanjali 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.