Sanatkumara

In the epics

Sanatkumara appears in the Mahābhārata as a rishi: Great ascetic, learned in dharma; consulted by the assembled sages to resolve the dispute between Atri and Goutama.

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.

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Eternal youth”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Murugan — Meanings families give: Lord Murugan, youth; Tamil god of war, the beautiful one; Young, divine war god of Tamils
• Yuvaan — Young, healthy, vibrant youth
• Yuvinder — Lord of youth, god of young ones
• Kumaresan — Lord Murugan, king of youth
• Jino — Modern Kerala name, victorious youth
• Kumaraswamy — Meanings families give: Young divine lord, Murugan; Young lord, Murugan the divine youth

More boys' names of Sanskrit origin

• Reyansh — Meanings families give: Ray of light; Ray of light, part of God Vishnu
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Krish — Meanings families give: Lord Krishna; Short form of Krishna, dark, attractive
• Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
• Arnav — come from the sea
• Viaan — Meanings families give: Full of life, energy; Full of energy, lively, animated

Where this comes from

Sanatkumara 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.