Sundar (

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 systems#Segmental syste ...

: सुन्दर) is an adjective signifying attractive, beautiful, good, handsome or nice. It has its origin in

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

language. The word is also used as names of people by speakers of languages branching off of

Indo-Aryan languages The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily ...

Given names

* Delhi P. Sunder Rajan, Indian violinist * Sundar C., a South Indian film director and actor * Sunder (actor), an actor of Punjabi and Hindi films * Sunder Lal Hora (1896–1955), Indian ichthyologist *

Sunder Lal Patwa Sunder Lal Patwa (11 November 1924 – 28 December 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was ...

(1924–2016), Indian politician *

Sunder Nix Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama) was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United St ...

(born 1961), American sprinter * Sundar Pichai (born 1972), CEO of Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. *

Sundar Popo Sundar Popo HBM, born Sundarlal Popo Bahora (; 4 November 1943 – 2 May 2000) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician. He is credited as being the father of Chutney music, beginning with his 1969 hit ''Nana and Nani''. Early life Popo wa ...

(1943–2000), a chutney artist from Trinidad and Tobago * Sundar Raj Indian actor *

Sunder Ramu Sunder Ramu is an Indian film and stage actor, who has also worked as a photographer. He made his first film appearance in the 2011 drama film ''Mayakkam Enna''. After winning critical acclaim for his performance he has also gone on to feature ...

, an Indian film and stage artist *

Sunder Singh Bhandari Sunder Singh Bhandari (12 April 192122 June 2005) was an Indian politician, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and politician belonging to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and education He was born to Dr. ...

(1921–2005), Indian politician

Middle names

* Braja Sundar Mitra *

Ramendra Sundar Tribedi Ramendra Sundar Tribedi (22 August 1864 – 6 June 1919) was a renowned Bengali author. He is known for his works in Bengali poems, and stories. He is one of the most popular poets of India. Life Ramendra Sundar Tribedi was born at Kandi, Mursh ...

* Sadhu Sundar Singh *

Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (alternately spelled as Shyam Sundar Chakravarty or Shyam Sundar Chakravarti, 12 July 1869 – 7 September 1932) was an Indian revolutionary, independence activist and journalist from Bengal. He was born in Bharenga, P ...

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