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INDIRA
GENDER:
Feminine
USAGE:
Indian
,
Hinduism
OTHER SCRIPTS:
इन्दिरा
(Hindi, Sanskrit)
Meaning & History
Means "beauty" in
Sanskrit
. This is another name of
Lakshmi
, the wife of the Hindu god
Vishnu
. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
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