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Meaning & History
While many baby name sites and books list this name as meaning 'meaningful life' or 'god', these are incorrect. These meanings likely originate from the misconception that Saisha (or saiṣā) is another name for the goddess Lakshmi, from the following line in a stotra by Ramanuja: saiṣā devī sakala-bhuvana-prārthanā-kāmadhenuḥ. However, according to a Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, saiṣā in this case is most likely sā eṣā, from Sanskrit sā "granting, giving, bestowing, she" and eṣā "(a) wish" (compare Esha).