Jayashankar

Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the Sanskrit words () 'victorious' and () 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to Shiva (see Shankar). 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 (1889–1975), Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre *Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), Indian writer prominent in modern Hindi literature *Kothapalli Jayashankar (1934–2011), Telangana movement activist *Jaishankar (1938–2000), Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema *Thiruvizha Jayashankar (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 Provided by Wikipedia