Somesh (
Hindi
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:सोमेश pronounced:
soːmeːʂ) is a
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
given name
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used among South Asian people especially in India for
male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilization.
A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to ...
s. Somesh is also one of the names of the Hindu God Vishnu. It appears in the
Vishnu Sahasranam (विष्णु सहस्रणाम, "1000 names of Vishnu"). It is also one of the names of
Lord of Moon
Sources
Indian masculine given names
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