Upendra (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

: उपेन्द्र) is an Indian masculine given name. The meaning of the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominalization, nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cul ...

word ' is "younger brother of Indra" and refers to either

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is on ...

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within ...

, who as a son of

Aditi Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' or 'innocence') is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousne ...

(or in the

Vamana Vamana (), also known as Trivikrama (), Urukrama (), Upendra (), Dadhivamana (), and Balibandhana () is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. He is the fifth avatar of Vishnu, and the first Dashavatara in the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha. ...

avatar) was born subsequently to Indra.

Persons with the name

Upendra (actor) Upendra Rao (known Mononymous person, mononymously as Upendra; born 18 September 1968) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and politician who works primarily in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. Upendra has also worked in ...

, an Indian Kannada actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and singer *

Upendra Bhanja ''Kabi Samrata'' Upendra Bhanja () was a 17th-century Odia poet-composer of classical Odissi music.Mansingha, Mayadhar: ''History of Oriya Literature'': Publisher, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written i ...

, 17th century poet of Odia literature *

Upendra Bhat Upendra Bhat is a singer of Hindustani classical music, from the Kirana Gharana, who reminds the listeners of his legendary Guru – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Career Born and brought up in Mangalore, a city in Kanara; Upendra began his musical ...

, singer of Hindustani classical music *

Upendra Kumar Upendra Kumar (18 July 1941 – 24 January 2002) was an Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada and Odia films. He was known for his strong association with Rajkumar and his family and scored some of his career best compositions for ...

(1941–2002), Indian music director mainly in Kannada and Oriya films *

Upendra Kushwaha Upendra Singh Kushwaha (born 6 February 1960) is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Council of Bihar assembly. He was the former Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. He is former MP fr ...

(born 1960), Indian politician and minister *

Upendra Limaye Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian actor, who won the National Film Award for his role in the Marathi film '' Jogwa''. On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, '' Forbes'' included Limaye's performance in the film '' J ...

(born 1969), Indian Marathi film actor *

Upendra Sidhaye Upendra Sidhaye (born 8 October 1980), born and brought up in Pune, is a screenplay and story writer in Indian Film industry (Bollywood). Sidhaye won honors and admiration with his debut film ''Mumbai Meri Jaan'' (2008). Sidhaye and Yogesh Vinayak ...

(born 1980), Indian screenplay and story writer *

Upendra Tiwari Upendra Tiwari is an Indian politician and Minister of State (Independent Charge), of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tiwari is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Phephana Vidhan Sabha constituency in Ballia district. He de ...

, Indian politician *

Upendra Yadav Upendra Yadav (; born 12 November 1960) is a Nepalese politician who has served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal since 2020. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal under the government of KP Sharma Oli from 2018 to ...

, (born 1960), Nepali politician * P. Upendra or Parvathaneni Upendra (1936–2009), Indian politician and minister *

Priyanka Upendra Priyanka Upendra (née Trivedi) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada Language films. Early life Priyanka was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Her mother is from West Bengal and father from Uttar Pradesh. She spent ten yea ...

, Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Bengali films

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