संवाद # 172: Fake Sanskrit baby names exposed by Sanskrit scholar Nityānanda Miśra

Nityānanda Miśra is a Mumbai-based finance professional in the investment banking industry. He specialises in quantitative finance, equity market microstructure, algorithmic trading, and execution consulting. He is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore (2007) and a gold medalist from Gujarat University (2004).

Nityānanda is a multifaceted personality—a Sanskrit scholar, a polyglot, a grammarian, a littérateur, an instrumentalist, a musicologist, a researcher, an editor, an author, and a book designer. He has authored thirteen books, including several bestsellers. He is also a professional onomastician, specialising in Sanskrit names.

Nityānanda is passionate about Indic culture, literature, music, and arts. He runs a popular YouTube channel, which produces content on these topics.

Books by Nityānanda Miśra
1) Mahaviri Hanuman Chalisa Demystified (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9387471594/
2) The OM Mala (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9387471845/
3) OM Mala (Hindi): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9387471861/
4) Kumbha (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9388414101/
5) Kumbha (Hindi): https://www.amazon.in/dp/938863067X/
6) Sunama (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9390358108/
7) Vyasa Katha (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9354355617
8) Vyasa Katha (Hindi): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9354352855
9) Katha-kusuma-saurabham (Sanskrit + Hindi + English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/939173006X/
10) Ramarakshasubodhini (Sanskrit + Hindi + English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9391730116/
11) Sunama-Sarit (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9391730108
12) Sunama-Sarit (Hindi): https://www.amazon.in/dp/9391730655
13) Krishna-Niti (English): https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0D1CPDY3N

0:00 Intro
1:01 Instagram fake baby names factory
6:27 Most ridiculous baby names
10:25 What’s in a good baby name
14:24 Meaning of ‘name’
16:04 Importance of a good name
19:59 Parents don’t put effort in their baby names
25:38 Rich history of baby names in India
26:23 Baby names based on father & mother
27:38 Baby names based on Nakshatra
29:14 Secret baby names
29:47 Baby names based on yagya
30:24 Unique names for a King
33:08 Baby names inspired by Devtas
34:30 How parents should name their babies
40:23 Sources of unique & good baby names
44:16 Confusion between पुल्लिंग, स्त्रीलिंग
46:12 Even South Indians are using bad names
48:24 Good Sikh baby names
50:01 Bad baby names in previous generation
53:25 Names of kids of Celebrities - Akshay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Ambanis
56:56 Terrible baby names