Bhaskar

Bhaskar (भास्कर) is both a male given name and a surname from Sanskrit literally meaning the "light maker", referring to the sun. Notable people with the name include:

People[edit]

Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya
Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale (1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (born: 1963), Indian police officer
Bhaskar Menon, music industry executive of Indian origin
Bhaskar Pramanik, present Chairman of Microsoft India
Bhaskar Sunkara, American publisher
Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India
Bommarillu Bhaskar, known mononymically as Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
Kola Bhaskar, Indian film editor
M. Bhaskar, also known as Oscar Movies Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer
M. S. Baskar, Indian actor
Roy Bhaskar, British philosopher
Sanjeev Bhaskar, British comedian and actor
V. Bhaskar, Indian economist
Vijaya Bhaskar, Kannada music director

Other uses[edit]

Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India, website bhaskar.com
Bhaskar Group, an Indian business conglomerate
Bhaskar (Indian werewolf character), fictional character played by Varun Dhawan in the 2022 Indian film Bhediya, based on the legendary Yapum from Arunachal Pradesh

See also[edit]

Bhāskara (disambiguation)
Bhaskar Nagar, a village in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
Bhaskar Bharti, a television serial that airs on Sony Entertainment Television
Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati-language daily newspaper of India
Bhaskar Jagannathan syndrome, a genetic disorder

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