The baby name Ashwattha is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /əʃʋət̪t̪ʰə/ (Sanskrit IPA); common Anglicized: "ash-WAH-tha" or "ash-WUT-tha".
Ashwattha is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Ashwattha is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /əʃʋət̪t̪ʰə/ (Sanskrit IPA); common Anglicized: "ash-WAH-tha" or "ash-WUT-tha".
Ashwattha is Sanskrit in Origin.
Ashwattha derives from Sanskrit aśvattha (अश्वत्थ), the sacred fig or peepal. Classical lexicons define it as Ficus religiosa; exegetes parse it as a- ‘not’ + śva ‘tomorrow’ + sthā ‘to remain,’ yielding “not the same tomorrow,” a meditation on impermanence. Vedic and epic literature invoke the aśvattha - the Katha Upaniṣad and Bhagavad Gītā speak of the cosmic, inverted aśvattha; in Buddhist Pali it appears as assattha and names the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha awakened.
As a personal name in South Asia, Ashwattha is rare but meaningful, used across faiths and languages, with masculine-leaning modern forms Ashwath, Aswath, and IAST Ashvattha; rare feminine uses also occur. It conveys ideas of wisdom, shelter, and sacred vitality. Related yet distinct: Ashwatthama, the Mahābhārata figure.
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