Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the

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words () 'victorious' and () 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to

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Shankar Shankar may refer to: People * Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer * L. Shankar, Indian violinist *S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar * San ...

). By the process of schwa syncope, becomes in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include: *

Jaishankar Bhojak Jaishankar Bhudhardas Bhojak, (30 January 1889 – 22 January 1975) better known by his theatre name Jaishankar Sundari , was an Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre. Starting at the young age, he rose to fame for his roles of female imp ...

(1889–1975), Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre *

Jaishankar Prasad Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889 15 November 1937) was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre. Prasad was his pen name. He was also known as Chhayavadi poet. Poetic Prasad started writing poetry with the pe ...

(1889–1937), Indian writer prominent in modern Hindi literature *

Kothapalli Jayashankar Kothapalli Jayashankar (6 August 1934 – 21 June 2011), popularly known as Professor Jayashankar, was an Indian academic and social activist. He was a leading ideologue of the Telangana Movement. He fought for a separate state beginning in 195 ...

(1934–2011), Telangana movement activist *

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

(1938–2000), Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema *

Thiruvizha Jayashankar Thiruvizha Jayashankar (born 1940) is an Indian classical musician and a well known Nadaswaram expert in South India. Early life and education Born in the family of musicians in a small village Thiruvizha, Alleppey, Jayashankar was keen to ...

(born 1940), Indian classical musician * S. Jaishankar (born 1955), Indian diplomat * Jaishankar Menon (born 1956), Indian-born American computer scientist * A. Jayashankar (born 1962), Indian lawyer based in Kerala * M. Jaishankar (1977–2018), Indian serial killer * Shvetha Jaishankar (born 1978), Indian model and businesswoman * Karuppannan Jaishankar, Indian criminologist * Vedam Jaishankar, Indian cricket correspondent from Karnataka

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