Shukla
Shukla (Sanskrit: शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white".[1] It is also a surname used by Brahmins in North India.
The "Shukla" describes the Faith, Truth, Cleanliness, etc.
Notable people
- Abhinav Shukla (producer), film and TV producer
- Abhinav Shukla, actor
- Ajai Shukla, journalist and defense analyst
- Anjuli Shukla, Indian director/cinematographer
- Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism
- Baikuntha Shukla, nationalist and revolutionary
- Chakrapani Shukla, Member of Parliament, India
- Jagadish Shukla, meteorologist
- Jhanak Shukla, actress
- Laxmi Ratan Shukla, cricketer
- Padma Kant Shukla, German professor
- Prabhat Prakash Shukla, diplomat
- Rajeev Shukla, journalist
- Ram Chandra Shukla, painter
- Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader
- Ramchandra Shukla, literary figure
- Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- S.N.Shukla, Indian politician
- Saurabh Shukla, actor
- Shilpa Shukla, actress
- Shivakant Shukla, cricketer
- Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator
- Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and model.
- Sri Lal Sukla, won the Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith awards for literary contribution to the Hindi language
- Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister
- Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist
- Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist
See also
- Shukla paksha, the bright lunar fortnight in the Hindu calendar
- Shukla Yajurveda, a Hindu text, also known as the White Yajurveda
- Shukla, Bhopal, a village in Madhya Pradesh India
References
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1080 col.2.
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