Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali
Scripts कमला, कमल(Sanskrit)கமலா(Tamil)ಕಮಲಾ(Kannada)కమలా(Telugu)कमला(Hindi, Nepali)
Meaning
Means “lotus” or “pale red” in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form कमला and the masculine form कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. This is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades, in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.