शंकर

See also: शुक्र and शिकार

Konkani

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शंकर (śaṃkara).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃəŋ.kəːɾ/

Proper noun

शंकर • (śaṅkar) (Latin script Xencor, Kannada script ಶಂಕರ್)

(Hinduism) Shiva
Synonym: महादेव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬰᬂᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
শংকৰ (Assamese script)
শংকর (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰽𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀁𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
𑌶𑌂𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
શંકર (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਂਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦯꦁꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
ឝំករ (Khmer script)
ಶಂಕರ (Kannada script)
ຨໍກຣ (Lao script)
ശംകര (Malayalam script)
𑘫𑘽𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
ၐံကရ (Burmese script)
𑧋𑧞𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑄𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
ଶଂକର (Oriya script)
ꢯꢀꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆁𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖽𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
ශංකර (Sinhalese script)
శంకర (Telugu script)
ศํกร (Thai script)
ཤཾ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓀𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From शम् (śam, “auspiciously, fortunately, happily, well”) +‎ कर (kara, “doer”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.kɐ.ɾɐ́/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐŋ.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

शंकर • (śaṃkará) m

the "maker of happiness"; an epithet of Rudra, a manifestation of Shiva
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.8.10:
  नमः॑ शंक॒राय॑ च मयस्क॒राय॑ च॒ नमः॑ शि॒वाय॑ च शि॒वत॑राय च॒
  namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca
  Homage to the maker of happiness, and to the maker of delight. Homage to the auspicious, and to the more auspicious.

Adjective

शंकर • (śaṃkará)

causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent.

Descendants

→ English: Shankar
→ Hindi: शंकर (śaṅkar)
→ Kannada: ಶಂಕರ (śaṅkara)
→ Konkani: शंकर
→ Marathi: शंकर (śaṅkar)
→ Tamil: சங்கரன் (caṅkaraṉ)
→ Telugu: శంకరుడు (śaṅkaruḍu)
- ⇒ Telugu: శంకరాభరణము (śaṅkarābharaṇamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “शंकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1053.

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