Upendra

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

Persons with the name

Upendra (actor), an Indian Kannada 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 Marathi film actor
Upendra Sidhaye (born 1980), Indian screenplay and story writer
Upendra Tiwari, Indian politician
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. OCLC 685239912.

[1] Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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