Given name
Damodar
“having a rope round his belly”
Damodar is used as a given name. One Sanskrit interpretation is “having a rope round his belly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “having a rope round his belly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
Its Sanskrit formation brings together dāma (“rope”) and udara (“belly”).
Damodar’s family of names
Damodar has a feminine form in Damodari.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Damodar
- Damodar Dharmananda KosambiIndian mathematician (*1907 - †1966)
- Damodar MauzoIndian writer (born 1944)
- Damodar HotaClassical Odissi & Hindustani exponent1935–2022
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