Damayanti (given name) explained

Damayanti
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	"soothing" "subduing"
Region:	India
Language:	Hindi Sanskrit

Damayanti (Hindi : दमयंती) or Dayamanthi is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "soothing" and "subduing".

Notable people with the given name

Damayanti

• Damayanti Beshra, Santali writer and poet
• Damayanti Buchori, Entomologist
• Damayanti Joshi (1928–2004), Indian choreographer and dancer
• Damayanti Tambay, wife of Flt lt V. V. Tambay, one of the missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the 1971 Indo-Pak war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody

Damayanthi

• Damayanthi Dharsha (born 1975), Sri Lankan athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres race

See also

(people with the surname)

• Ayu Fani Damayanti (born 1988), Indonesian tennis player
• Anusha Damayanthi (born 1978), Sri Lankan cinema and television actress

Others

• Damayanti, a character in Hindu mythology, princess of Vidarbha Kingdom and King Nala of Nishadha's wife.