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Manjulika! What’s in a name?

What does Manjulika mean?

As a child whenever I asked my Dad the true meaning of my name, he said that it was just his instinct which prompted him to name me after my mum-Manju and he never happened to check out the real meaning.

My teachers in school and friends took special interest in my name. I never happened to come across any namesake.
I seldom faced any issue with unique username or ids.

A year ago, a movie had Manjulika as the protagonist and it made me hunt the essence of my name once again and I ended up concluding that its a Bengali name though not satisfied completely.

A few days back, searching a name for my niece, I just happened to visit a site which claimed to have the best names for the new born  with their meanings lifted from the holy scriptures.

Impromptu, I typed my name and to my surprise, it had a meaning to my name which no one had been able to help me out with. I had a smile on my face because quite often I had no after comment to this question which was put quite frequently during viva voice, “Your name is unique but what does it mean” ?

Today I can happily tell everyone I am the sweetness of life.

MANJULIKA
Meaning: Its source is a Sanskrit expression meaning “A Sweet Girl.”

And now when PENDOWN is being born! People will ask me its origin. I did not look it up on Google. It was an impromptu decision to name my blog as PENDOWN. This simply meant that the diary writing is over, “Pen is down and now Pen will become mightier online!!”

12 thoughts on “Manjulika! What’s in a name?

  1. The name is quite unique and really sounds sweet!I haven’t come across any “Manjulika” except for the one in bhulbhulaiya . 😀

  2. Search of your real name seems to be really exciting………..
    “””””MANJULIKA”””””
    Impressive……..
    n ur destination is also SWEET like you……………..

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  7. Hii Manjulika…….

    A name is something which remains even after you… indeed knowing your name n loving it.. is teh first thing which anybody does..

    Your name is quite unique with such a sweetness in its meaning…:) 🙂

    Glad to meet you… n thanks a tonne for sharing those amazing links… :):)

    1. He he 🙂 Thanx… makes my day when I hear so much praise about my name… I actually love it for its uniqueness… 🙂

  8. Princess of Sweetness,
    It was a cute post! loved it…going through your blog and knowing you is so interesting 🙂

    Keep spreading the sweetness <3
    Best wishes!
    Sim

  9. Greetings from Colorado! I’m bored to tears at work
    so I decided to browse your website on my iphone during lunch break.

    I love the information you present here and can’t wait to take a
    look when I get home. I’m shocked at how quick your blog loaded on my mobile ..

    I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G .. Anyhow, wonderful site!

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