Sumantra
Sumantra means Good counsel.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Language | Hindi |
| Starts with | S |
In the epics
Sumantra appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a charioteer: Respected charioteer and minister to King Dasharatha; sent to inform the king when the assembled kings could not see him.
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 “Good counsel”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Shreya — Meanings families give: Auspicious, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, excellent; Auspicious, best; one who brings good fortune; Auspicious, better, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, prosperity; Beautiful, auspicious, fortunate
- Shivam — Meanings families give: Auspicious, good and embodying the grace of Shiva; Auspicious, Lord Shiva
- Swara — Meanings families give: Musical note, melody, sound; Musical note, one who has good voice; Musical note, divine; Musical note, voice, sound
- Riddhi — Meanings families give: Prosperity, good fortune; Prosperity, fortune; Prosperity, wealth and auspicious good fortune; Prosperity, good fortune, success
- Shubham — Meanings families give: Auspicious, pure and full of good omens and blessings; Auspicious, good fortune
- Kirti — good report, fame
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
Sumantra 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.