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IAST The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Brahmic family, Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that ...

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Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

combined words ''Śaila'' and ''Indra'', meaning "King of the Mountain", It is often used as an epithet of the Hindu god

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

. It is commonly used as a male given name in the Indian subcontinent. Shailendra may refer to:

People

Shailendra Gaur Shailendra Gaur is an Indian actor known for portraying Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the biopic film ''Veer Savarkar'' (2001) directed by Ved Rahi. Personal Life and Career Shailendra Gaur lives in Mumbai. He received his P ...

, Indian actor *

Shailendra Kumar Shailendra Kumar Pasi (born 25 July 1960) is an Indian politician belonging to the Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik). He was three times member of Lok Sabha from the Kaushambi constituency (2009–2014) & Chail constituency (1998–99) & (2004–200 ...

(born 1960), Samajwadi Party politician from Uttar Pradesh * Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya (1929–2011), Nepali politician *

Shailendra (lyricist) Shailendra (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966) was an Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of the Indian film industry. Known for his association with film ...

(1923-1966), Shankardas Kesarilal * Shailendra Mahato (1929–2011), Jharkhand politician * Shailendra Mohan Singhal, Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Uttarakhand * Shailendra Nath Shrivastava (1936–2006), Lok Sabha member from Bihar *

Shailendra Raj Mehta Shailendra Raj Mehta (born 9 July 1959) is an Indian academic administrator and entrepreneur. Since 2017, he has served as President and Director of MICA (institute) in Ahmedabad, where he is also a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship ...

(born 1959), Indian economist * Shailendra Singh (disambiguation) ** Shailendra Singh (police officer), Indian former police officer **

Shailendra Singh (singer) Shailendra Singh is an Indian playback singing, playback singer and actor. He sang several Hindi and a few Marathi language, Marathi songs during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early life Shailendra Singh was born on 4 October 1952 in Mumbai, ...

(born 1952), Indian playback singer

Other

Shailendra dynasty The Shailendra dynasty (, derived from Sanskrit combined words ''Śaila'' and ''Indra'', meaning "King of the Mountain", also spelled Sailendra, Syailendra or Selendra) was the name of a notable Indianised dynasty that emerged in 8th-century ...

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