Sudeshna

In the epics

Sudeshna appears in the Mahābhārata as a other: Virata's wife; daughter of Kekaya.

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 “One with a beautiful country; noble woman”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aaryan — Noble one, of Arya descent
• Riaan — Little king, kingly, noble
• Trisha — Meanings families give: Noble, patrician; Desire, thirst; Noble woman, aristocrat; Thirst; one who is always searching; Wish, desire; thirst; Desire, wish; Thirst, desire, noble lineage
• Aria — Meanings families give: Lioness, noble; Air, song
• Alisha — Protected by God, noble

More girls' names of Bengali origin

• Shiuli — Night jasmine flower; fragrant autumn bloom
• Oishee — Divine, of God; belonging to the divine
• Doyel — The Oriental Magpie Robin; national bird of Bangladesh
• Brishti — Rain; the blessed monsoon rains
• Mili — To meet, to unite
• Reeya — Singer; one with a melodious voice

Where this comes from

Sudeshna 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.