Sharmishtha

S1H4A1R1M3I1S1H4T1H4A1

proper noun

The daughter of the danava King Vrishparva and the wife of King Yayati.

OriginSanskrit शर्मिष्ठा →
Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. HinduismThe daughter of the danava King Vrishparva and the wife of King Yayati.
  2. astronomyCassiopeia constellation.
  3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Origin

  1. Sanskritशर्मिष्ठा
  2. EnglishSharmishtha

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā).

More words from Sanskrit

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Hindi शर्मिष्ठा, शर्मिष्ठा
  • शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā)Cassiopeia constellation
  • शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā)an ancestor of Pandavas and Yadavas in Mahabharata
Cite this entry
APA

Sharmishtha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharmishtha

MLA

“Sharmishtha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharmishtha. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sharmishtha,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sharmishtha.

Source: Sharmishtha on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.