Ancient Names, Vedic Names, Mythological Names in the letter A

Ancient Names, Vedic Names, Mythological Names in the letter A

Names	Meaning
Abhimanyu	Arjuna's son with Subhadra who married Uttara, daughter of King Virata.
Acharya	Guru or Teacher.
Achuta	Another name os Sri Krishna meaning imperishable.
Adhiratha	Karna's foster-father.
Adi Shankara	The first Hindu philosopher who consolidated the principles of the Advaita Vedanta.
Aditi	A goddess of the sky, consciousness, the past, the future and fertility.
Advaita	A school of Hindu philosophy often called a monistic or non-dualistic system which refers to the indivisibility of the Self (Atman) from the Whole (Brahman).
Agastya	A great sage in mythilogy, his wife Lopamudra was equally a great sage in her own right. Agastya was born of both Gods, Mitra and Varuna, from Urvashi.
Agneyastra	Agneyastra is the fire weapon, incepted by God Agni, master of the flames.
Agni	Hindu fire god.
Agnihotra	A sacrifice to God Agni.
Ahi	Means snake.
Airavata	Lord Indra's white elephant.
Ajatasatru	Having no enemy, friend of all born things, an epithet for Yudhishthira.
Akshayapatra	A mythilogical vessel given to Yudhishthira by the Sun god which was never empty of food.
Amaravati	The city of Indra.
Amarkantak	The place from where the Narmada River, the Sone River and Johila River emerge.
Amba, Ambika, Ambalika	The three daughters of King of Benares, Eldest daughter Amba was in love with King Shalwa
Amrit	The food of the gods, which makes one immortal.
Ananta	The thousand headed snake, Adisesha. Author and commentator of Katyayana sutra.
Andhaka	Andhaka was the demon son of Shiva, and was created from a drop of his sweat. He was born blind. After birth, Andhaka was given to Hiranyaksha to be raised, as he had no sons. Later, Andhaka became the King of Hiranyaksha's Kingdom.
Anga	Mlechchha Kings, a Kaurava supporter.
Angada	Son of Vali. One of the Vanar in Lord Rama's army.
Aniruddha	Son of Pradyumna (a rebirth of Shatrughana who married with Charumati and Usha).
Anjalika	The greatest of Arjuna's arrows with which he slays Karna.
Anjana	Mother of Hanuman or Anjaneya.
Anshumat	A mighty chariot-fighter.
Anusuya	Sati Anusuya was wife of the sage Atri and mother of Dattatreya who is considered by some Hindus (in western India ) to be an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.
Apsaras	Heavenly beauties, The dancers of Indra's court.
Arjuna	The third of Pandavas, son of Pandu.
Artha	Wealth, one of the objects of human life, the others being Dharma, (righteous- ness), Kama (satisfaction of desires), Moksha (spiritual salvation).
Arundhati	Wife of sage Vasishtha.
Arya	civilised, best.
Asamanja	Son of Sagra.
Ashta Lakshmi	Eight aspects of goddess Lakshmi, symbolising eight sources of wealth.
Ashtavakra	A towering scholar who is still in his teens.
Ashvatthaman	Son of Dronacharya and last supreme commander of the Kaurava force, strong as a horse.
Ashvins	The divine twins.
Ashwapati	Uncle of Bharata and Shatrughna.
Ashwasena	Five mighty arrows shot by Karna.
Asita	A sage who held that gambling was ruinous and should be avoided by all wise people.
Asmaka	A Kaurava warrior who attacked Abhimanyu.
Astra	A missile charged with power by a holy mantra.
Atma	The underlying metaphysical self, at times translated as spirit or soul.
Ayodhya	Unconquerable, The city in the country of Koshala. Rama's Kingdom.