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SHANKARA

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: शंकर, शङ्कर (Sanskrit)

Derived from the Sanskrit elements शम (sham) "auspicious, lucky" and कर (kara) "making". This is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. This was also the name of a 9th-century Indian religious philosopher also known as Shankaracharya.
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