Your name of Purshottam gives you a strong urge for independence. From early in life, you have asserted your individuality, learning through your own experiences, relying upon your ingenuity and practical creativity to accomplish your objectives. You find your own solutions and innovations to get a job done, without relying on encouragement or assistance from others. This name restricts spontaneity in association and the fluency of your verbal expression. Nothing intimidates you once you make up your mind. Investigating and studying various aspects of nature, for example, as an astronomer or naturalist, appeal to your desire to seek an understanding of life. In conversation, you prefer to use as few words as possible and often choose silence rather than idle chatter. You stick stubbornly to your ideas or decisions, in spite of any appeals or advice; you are not willing to accept a compromise. There is originality and depth of thought contained in this name, particularly along practical and mathematical lines. You find satisfaction in being outdoors or in getting out into nature, or in dealing with the products of the earth.