Damayanti (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | Hindi Sanskrit |
Origin | |
Meaning | "soothing" "subduing" |
Region of origin | India |
Damayanti (Hindi : दमयंती) or Dayamanthi is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "soothing" and "subduing".
Notable people with the given name
[edit]Damayanti
[edit]- Damayanti Beshra, Santali writer and poet
- Damayanti Buchori, Entomologist
- Damayanti Joshi (1928–2004), Indian choreographer and dancer
- Damayanti Tambay, wife of Flt lt V. V. Tambay, one of the missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the 1971 Indo-Pak war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody
Damayanthi
[edit]- Damayanthi Dharsha (born 1975), Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres race
See also
[edit](people with the surname)
- Ayu Fani Damayanti (born 1988), Indonesian tennis player
- Anusha Damayanthi (born 1978), Sri Lankan cinema and television actress
Others
[edit]- Damayanti, a character in Hindu mythology, princess of Vidarbha Kingdom and King Nala of Nishadha's wife.