Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the

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words () 'victorious' and () 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to

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 ...

(see Shankar). By the process of schwa syncope, becomes in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include: *

Jaishankar Bhojak Jaishankar Bhudhardas Bhojak, (30 January 1889 – 22 January 1975) better known by his theatre name Jaishankar Sundari, was an Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre. Starting at the young age, he rose to fame for his roles of female imp ...

(1889–1975), Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre *

Jaishankar Prasad Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889 15 November 1937) was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. Prasad was his pen name. He was also known as ''Chhayavadi kavi''. Early life Poetic Prasad started writing ...

(1889–1937), Indian writer prominent in modern Hindi literature *

Kothapalli Jayashankar Kothapalli Jayashankar (6 August 1934 – 21 June 2011), popularly known as Professor Jayashankar, was an Indian academic and social activist. He was a leading ideologue of the Telangana Movement. He fought for a separate state beginning in 1952 ...

(1934–2011), Telangana movement activist *

Jaishankar Jaishankar may also refer to: * Jaishankar Prasad (1889 – 1937), Indian writer and playwright * Jaishankar (actor) (1938 – 2000), Indian actor * Jaishankar Menon (born 1956), Indian-American computer scientist * Jaishankar Bhojak (1889 – 1 ...

(1938–2000), Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema *

Thiruvizha Jayashankar Thiruvizha Jayashankar (born 1940) is an Indian Indian classical music, classical musician and a well known Nadaswaram expert in South India. Early life and education Born in the family of musicians in a small village Thiruvizha, Alappuzha ...

(born 1940), Indian classical musician * S. Jaishankar (born 1955), Indian diplomat *

Jaishankar Menon Jaishankar Menon (born August 9, 1956) is an Indian-American computer scientist and researcher. Life and career Menon joined IBM's research team in San Jose, California, in 1982, where he developed RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ...

(born 1956), Indian-born American computer scientist * A. Jayashankar (born 1962), Indian lawyer based in Kerala *

M. Jaishankar M. Jaishankar (1977 – 27 February 2018), nicknamed Psycho Shankar, was an Indian criminal, sexual predator, and serial killer, notorious for a series of rapes and murders during 2008–2011. It is believed that he was involved in about 30 ...

(1977–2018), Indian serial killer *

Shvetha Jaishankar Shvetha Jaishankar (born 11 December 1978) is an Indian model, author, entrepreneur, writer, dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title at the Femina Miss India International 1998 and later was crowned as the second runner up at ...

(born 1978), Indian model and businesswoman *

Karuppannan Jaishankar Karuppannan Jaishankar is an Indian criminologist. He is the Founder and Principal Director and Professor of Criminology and Justice Sciences at the International Institute of Justice & Police Sciences, a non-profit academic institution and i ...

, Indian criminologist * Vedam Jaishankar, Indian cricket correspondent from Karnataka

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{{given name, type=both, Jayashankar Hindu given names Surnames of Hindu origin