Upendra

This article is about the name. For the actor, see Upendra (actor). For the 1999 Kannada film, see Upendra (film).

Upendra (Devanagari: उपेन्द्र) is an Indian masculine given name. The meaning of the Sanskrit word upendra is "younger brother of Indra" and refers to either Krishna or Vishnu, who as a son of Aditi (or in the Vamana avatar) was born subsequently to Indra.^[1]

Persons with the name

Upendra (actor), an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, lyricist and singer
Upendra Bhanja, 17th century poet of Odia literature
Upendra Bhat, singer of Hindustani classical music
Upendra Kumar (1941–2002), Indian music director mainly in Kannada and Oriya films
Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960), Indian politician and minister
Upendra Limaye (born 1969), Indian film actor
Upendra Mahato, Nepali businessman
Upendra Sidhaye (born 1980), Indian screenplay and story writer
Upendra Yadav, (born 1960), Nepali politician
P. Upendra or Parvathaneni Upendra (1936-2009), Indian politician and minister
Priyanka Upendra, Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Bengali films

References

↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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