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Baby Name Shankara |
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| Meaning of Shankara - What does the name Shankara means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| shan-kar-ah |  |
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Boy Name |
| Origin: |
Hindu |
| Name Meaning: |
Compound name composed from the Sanskrit sam (auspicious, lucky) and hxra (making): hence, "to bring about good luck and happiness." Samkara is a name for the gods Rudra, Shiva, and Skanda. The name Shankara was borne by a great man of religion and philosophy, Shankaracharya (788-820). He is responsible for bolstering Hinduism and for being a strong opponent of Buddhism. He established a center of religion in each of the four corners of India, which are still active today, reorganized the monastic orders, and converted many of the Buddhist and Mimansaka scholastic teachers to Hinduism |
| Variants: | Sankar, Sankara, Shankar |
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