Nalini (
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 ...
: नलिनी) is a female gender
Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in
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 ...
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[''Baby Names'']
"Nalini"
Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name may refer to:
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Nalini Selva (actress)
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...
(born 1984), Indian actress
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Nalini Ambady (1959–2013), Indian psychologist
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Nalini Anantharaman (born 1976), French mathematician
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Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977), Indian writer
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Nalini Balbir (born 1955), French scholar
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Nalini Bekal (born 1954), Indian writer
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Nalini Chatterjee
Sir Nalini Ranjan Chatterjee (died 6 September 1942) was a judge of the Calcutta High Court, India from 1910 to 1926 and officiated as Chief Justice on three occasions. He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours. He became a member of the Vic ...
(died 1942), Indian judge
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Nalini Jameela (born 1955), Indian writer
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Nalini Jaywant
Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926 – 22 December 2010) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Background and personal life
Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1926. She was first cousin of actre ...
(1926–2010), Indian actress
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Nalini Joshi (born 1959), Australian mathematician
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Nalini Krishan (born 1977), Fijian actress
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Nalini Malani
Nalini Malani (born 19 February 1946) is a contemporary Indian artist widely acknowledged to be among the country's first generation of video artists. She works with several mediums which include theater, videos, installations along with mixed ...
(born 1946), Indian artist
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Nalini Nadkarni (born 1954), American ecologist
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Nalini Selvaraj
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...
(1944–2014), Indian writer
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Nalini Priyadarshni
Nalini Priyadarshni is an Indian poet and writer.
Literary journals
*Poetry Breakfast – Journal of poems Poetry Breakfast – Journal of poems, 2016
*Silver Birch Press I Am Waiting Series Silver Birch Press I Am Waiting Series, 31 Decem ...
(born 1974) Indian poet
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Nalini Selvan
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...
(1882–1953), Indian business
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Nalini Selvarasa
Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...
(born 1984), Indian scholar, was princess spencer of all nation
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Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh (born September 01, 1945) is an Indian journalist.
She has been the anchor for several current affairs programs on Doordarshan, and is most known for her program, 'Aankhon Dekhi', on investigative journalism.
She had made another ...
(born 1945), Indian journalist
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Nalini Singh (author) (born 1977), New Zealand writer
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Nalini Singh (human rights activist), Fiji
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Nalini Negi (born 1990), Indian actress and model
See also
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