Jyotsna or Jyoshna (
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 ...
: ज्योत्स्ना) is a Sanskrit word meaning
moonlight
Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.
History
The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was aware that "''the sun provides the moon with its ...
. It is also a common (feminine) given name in India.
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Jyoshna
Jyoshna (Joanne La Trobe) aka Jyosna, Joshna, Jyotsna, is a British born New Zealander Kirtan singer/songwriter and ethnomusicologist Her stage name comes from Sanskrit and the meaning is "moonlight".
Biography
Joanne La Trobe, stage name ...
(Joanne La Trobe), New Zealand devotional singer/song writer
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Jyotsna Bhatt, Indian ceramicist
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Jyotsna Chandola
Jyotsna Chandola is an Indian television and film actress known for playing Khushi Bharadwaj in Colors TV's ''Sasural Simar Ka
''Sasural Simar Ka'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television soap opera produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms th ...
, Indian actress
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Jyotsna Patel, former Test cricketer who represented India
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Jyotsna Radhakrishnan
Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian playback singer. She predominantly works in 12 languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala.
Jyotsna ga ...
, playback singer in Malayalam cinema
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Jyotsna Srikanth
Jyotsna Srikanth is an Indian-British violinist and composer, performing Carnatic music and Western classical music.
Early life
Srikanth was born into an Andhra musical family in Bangalore, India. Her mother, Ratna Srikantaiah, is a Carnatic m ...
, Indian violinist and composer
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Jyotsna Vaid
Jyotsna Vaid is a Professor of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience and Women's and Gender Studies at Texas A&M University. Vaid's research examines the impact of multiple language experience by considering properties of specific languages and ...
, professor of psychology at Texas University
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Jyotsna Kamat, Indian historian and writer
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