Renuka

In the epics

Renuka appears in the Mahābhārata as a other: Wife of Jamadagni.

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: Tula
• Nakshatra: Vishakha
• More names starting with R

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Goddess of prosperity, sand; Born from the earth, sand grain; Goddess Renuka, mother of Parashuram”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Bhargav — Descendant of Bhrigu, another name for Shukra or Parashuram
• Aditi — Meanings families give: Unbounded, infinite, mother of gods; Boundless, free, mother of gods; Mother of gods, boundless, free; Free, boundless, mother of gods
• Rhea — Flowing stream, mother goddess
• Gayathri — Meanings families give: Sacred Vedic hymn; A sacred Vedic hymn, mother of Vedas
• Gayatri — Meanings families give: Mother of the Vedas, divine hymn; Sacred Vedic hymn, singer
• Mariyamma — Mother Mary, beloved of Mary

Other names under Tula rashi

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Rohan — a means of ascending
• Rudra — Meanings families give: Fierce, roarer (Lord Shiva); The roarer, fearsome form of Shiva, lord of storms; Fierce form of Shiva, the howler; Fierce form of Shiva; the howler; Lord Shiva, storm god; Fierce form of Shiva, storm; God of storm, fierce energy
• Riya — Meanings families give: Singer, graceful; Singer; graceful; goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, Goddess Lakshmi; Singer, graceful, gem
• Ranveer — Meanings families give: Hero of the battlefield, brave warrior; Hero of the battlefield

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

Where this comes from

Renuka 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.