Jayashankar

Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the Sanskrit words jaya (जय) 'victorious' and śaṃkara (शंकर) 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to Shiva (see Shankar). By the process of schwa syncope, jaya becomes jai in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include:

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