Given name

Shiksha

“education, lesson”

Shiksha is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “education, lesson.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Shiksha means “education, lesson.”

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Where it comes from

Shiksha comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit शिक्षा (“education, lesson”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Shiksha’s family of names

In English usage, Shiksha has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form शिक्षा.

Walk Shiksha’s family in the name graph

Shikshaशिक्षा

The ring: across languages.

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