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BHASKARA

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: भास्कर (Sanskrit)

Means "shining", derived from a combination of Sanskrit भास (bhasa) "light" and कर (kara) "making". This is another name of the sun and the Hindu god Shiva. It was also borne by a 12th-century Indian astronomer, also known as Bhaskaracharya.
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