Purva Ashadha पूर्वाषाढ़ा · pada 4 of 4
Purva Ashadha Pada 4 Baby Names — Dha (ध / ढ)
8 names with meanings for a child born with the Moon between Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′ — the fourth quarter of Purva Ashadha, whose syllable is Dha. Moon sign Sagittarius, navamsa Scorpio.
- Pada
- fourth of four · Purva Ashadha is nakshatra 20 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Dha ध / ढ
- Span
- Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′ · 263°20′ – 266°40′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Sagittarius (Dhanu)
- Navamsa
- Scorpio (Vrishchika) — the 12th navamsa from Sagittarius
- Names listed
- 4 boys' names, 4 girls' names
- Position in Sagittarius
- the eighth of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Venus · presiding deity Apas · symbol Fan
Names beginning Dha for Purva Ashadha pada 4
This syllable falls twice in Purva Ashadha — the second pada is ध and the fourth is the retroflex ढ, which begins no Sanskrit name. The same ध names serve both padas.
Dha is what the fourth quarter of Purva Ashadha is assigned — and it is assigned to Purva Ashadha pada 2 as well, so that page lists the same names from a different point in the zodiac. Any of the names below satisfies the rite for a birth between Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′, and the meaning matters as much as the sound: a name is used for a lifetime and the gloss is the part a child will be told.
Boys' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dhairya | patience, fortitude |
| Dhananjay | winner of wealth — Arjuna |
| Dhanush | a bow |
| Dharmesh | lord of dharma |
Girls' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dhara | a stream; also the earth |
| Dharini | the bearer — the earth |
| Dhanya | fortunate, blessed |
| Dhriti | steadiness, resolve |
Where the Sagittarius naming letters come from
A panchang prints nine syllables against Sagittarius — Ye Yo Bha Bhi Bhu Dha Pha Dha Bhe — usually with no explanation of why there are nine. They are the pada syllables that fall inside the sign. There are 108 padas and twelve signs, 108 divides by twelve exactly, and so every sign holds precisely nine padas with nothing left over. The rashi list and the pada syllable are not two competing traditions; the first is the second, collected by sign.
Purva Ashadha pada 4 is the eighth of the nine, contributing Dha at 263°20′ – 266°40′ sidereal. That is worth knowing if a family has been given the rashi list rather than the pada: any of the nine satisfies a Sagittarius birth, so a family working from the list alone has seven usable syllables, while a pandit working from a birth time narrows it to the one this pada owns.
| # | Syllable | From | Names listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye ये | Mula pada 1 | none |
| 2 | Yo यो | Mula pada 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Bha भा | Mula pada 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Bhi भी | Mula pada 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Bhu भू | Purva Ashadha pada 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Dha ध / ढ | Purva Ashadha pada 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Pha फ | Purva Ashadha pada 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Dha ध / ढ | Purva Ashadha pada 4 — this pada | 8 |
| 9 | Bhe भे | Uttara Ashadha pada 1 | none |
The other three padas of Purva Ashadha
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the fourth quarter of Purva Ashadha occupies Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′ and its other three sit either side of it. What the four share is Purva Ashadha itself: Venus as lord, Apas as presiding deity, the fan as symbol, and a character read as invincible, persuasive, popular. What separates them is the navamsa and usually the naming syllable, though not here: pada 4 and pada 2 both carry Dha, for the dental and the retroflex form of the same sound, and the same names serve both.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Bhu भू | Sagittarius | Leo | 8 |
| Pada 2 | Dha ध / ढ | Sagittarius | Virgo | 8 |
| Pada 3 | Pha फ | Sagittarius | Libra | 2 |
| Pada 4 — this page | Dha ध / ढ | Sagittarius | Scorpio | 8 |
All four listed together, with the full name tables and the Purva Ashadha profile, are on the Purva Ashadha baby names page. The pada follows from the Moon’s exact longitude, so it needs the time and place of birth — the baby name finder resolves it from a birth date, and the Purva Ashadha pada 4 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Purva Ashadha pada 4 — common questions
What letter should a Purva Ashadha pada 4 baby's name start with?
Dha, in Devanagari ध / ढ. That syllable belongs to the fourth pada of Purva Ashadha specifically, not to the whole nakshatra: each of the four padas carries a different one, and Purva Ashadha's other three are Bhu for pada 1, Dha for pada 2 and Pha for pada 3.
How many names begin with Dha?
8 names, 4 for boys and 4 for girls, each with its meaning — that is what Dha carries, and so what the fourth pada of Purva Ashadha offers. The count is uneven across the 108 padas by nature: the syllables come from dividing the zodiac, not from asking what Sanskrit allows at the start of a word, so Purva Ashadha pada 4 gets what Dha actually begins.
Which rashi is Purva Ashadha pada 4?
Sagittarius — Dhanu, entered at 263°20′ – 266°40′ sidereal longitude. For all four padas: Purva Ashadha sits wholly inside Sagittarius, so unlike the nine straddling nakshatras it has one Moon sign regardless of pada. What pada 4 adds is its place in the sign — eighth of the nine Sagittarius syllables, Dha.
Why does the Sagittarius list print eight sounds for nine padas?
Because Dha falls twice in Sagittarius. Its nine padas are real and distinct — Purva Ashadha pada 4 is the eighth of them — but two of them carry the dental and the retroflex form of the same syllable, and the same names serve both, so nine padas yield eight spellings. Sagittarius is the only sign where this happens, which is why a transcribed list looks like it has miscounted.
Does the navamsa change the name for Purva Ashadha pada 4?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Purva Ashadha pada 4 it is Dha. The navamsa — Scorpio here, the 12th navamsa counted from Sagittarius — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter.
Naming a Purva Ashadha pada 4 child?
The syllable is fixed by the pada, but the namakaran itself is fixed by the chart and by the day — which is a reading rather than a table. Our pandits do both.