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कमला vs कमल

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It must me noted that

  • कमल (Spelled in English as Kamal or Kamala) is masculine. It does mean the lotus (flower).
  • कमला (Spelled Kamala, Kamla or Kamalaa) is feminine. Literally it means "of/associatd with the lotus. It implies a goddess sitting/standing on the lotus, in Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism. See for example, examples from Sanchi
Sanchi 7-22 classic lustration scene with Lakshmi
017 Elephants lustrate Lakshmi

https://cdn.britannica.com/28/10328-004-3D89E976.jpg Also from Sanchi


Kamala Harris' full name is Kamala Devi Harris, "Kamala Devi" means the goddess of the lotus, "Devi" makes it explicit.

कमला has been a very popular female name. कमल has been a popular male name in India.

Also note that

Malaiya (talk) 00:54, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Is it quite common that names ending "-a" are feminine in Sanskrit? I recall similar semantics in Latin. Avindratalk 21:46, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 2 August 2024

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Waqar💬 15:39, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


KamalaKamala (disambiguation) – Kamala Harris is the primary topic at this point pbp 23:17, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't doubt that this is true in the US, but remember that WP:PRIMARYTOPIC applies globally. Do you believe that Kamala Harris is the primary topic for the English-speaking world as a whole? - ZLEA T\C 00:19, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Harris gets a lot of media buzz right now because she's a presidential candidate, but that only applies to current events in the United States. Treating her as the primary topic over both the wrestler and the Hindu goddess (the latter of whom she is named after) would be a combination of recentism and US-centrism, two things which we work hard to avoid. Glades12 (talk) 14:22, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I noticed Kamala Harris is linked from the general Harris page, even though there is also a specific Harris (surname) page that links to her as well. Does it make sense to do something similar for this page, given how notable she is as the VP and the 2024 Democratic nominee? GlobeGores (talk page | user page) 10:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Harris (surname) is an article about the surname itself, but it does link to List of people with surname Harris, where she is listed. - ZLEA T\C 18:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody had removed her from here, then someone else has since added her back. FWIW, there was 3,414 clicks from Kamala to Kamala Harris in July.[2]Bagumba (talk) 05:13, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]