Bindusara as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bindusara

What is the meaning of the name Bindusara ?

The baby name Bindusara is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /bɪnˈduːsɑːrə/ (BIN-doo-SAH-rah).

Bindusara is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Bindusara is a masculine name of Sanskrit origin, from bindu "drop, point, dot" + sara "essence, excellence, best." The compound conveys "essence of the point," hence "quintessence," "concentrated excellence," or poetically "one of distilled virtue." In classical Indian thought, bindu also evokes cosmic seed and the sacred forehead mark, adding connotations of focus and auspicious potency.

The name is best known through Bindusara (c. 297-273 BCE), second Mauryan emperor and father of Ashoka, cited in Puranic and Buddhist sources. He also bore the epithet Amitraghata ("slayer of enemies"), rendered by Greek writers as Amitrochates. Modern variants include Bindusara (common Anglicized form), Bindusara/Bindusar/Bindusaar in contemporary Indian spellings, and the scholarly IAST form Bindusara with a long a (Bindusāra); Bindu appears as a familiar short form. Usage today is uncommon but carries a strong historical-literary aura across Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages that transmit Sanskritic names.

⚙ Bindusara is a genuine rarity. In all, it appears just 2 times, across 2 countries.