Rukmini

In the epics

Rukmini appears in the Mahābhārata as a character: Krishna's wife; had payasam smeared on her by Durvasa.

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
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Wife of Krishna, golden adorned; Goddess Rukmini, wife of Krishna; Adorned with gold, wife of Krishna; Goddess Rukmini, consort of Lord Krishna; Wife of Lord Krishna, adorned with gold”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Rukmia — Golden, Rukmini like
• Rukmani — Adorned with gold, Krishna consort
• Alankrita — Decorated, adorned with jewels
• Nagabhushanam — Adorned with snakes, Shiva
• Fanibhushan — Lord Shiva adorned with serpents as ornaments
• Ishani — Meanings families give: Consort of Shiva, northeast corner; Goddess Parvati; ruling; Goddess Parvati, wife of Shiva

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

• Archana — Meanings families give: Worship, one who worships the divine; Worship, prayer, homage; Worship, offering, prayer; Worshipping, offering of prayers; Worship, offering prayers

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

Rukmini 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.