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Vasundhara
वसुंधरा
the earth, bearer of treasures
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Vasundhara means ‘earth’ in Sanskrit and Hindi, with a compound sense of bearing or containing wealth. Monier-Williams explains the word through vasu, ‘wealth’ or ‘treasure’, and records the feminine noun for earth, land or ground. Wiktionary also records the Hindi given name. ‘Bearer of treasures’ expresses the compound's imagery, while ‘earth’ is the direct noun meaning. The two explanations complement one another without adding an unrelated symbolic interpretation.
Source: Wiktionary, वसुंधरा. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
वसुंधरा and वसुन्धरा are read va-sun-dha-raa, in four syllables with a long ending. Vasundhra is a shorter Roman spelling. The dh is a d released with a puff of breath. The two Devanagari forms write the nasal differently, while representing the same name.
Also spelled Vasundhra.