Girish
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The word Girish is derived from the joining (called Sandhi in Sanskrit
) of two Sanskrit words - Giri (meaning mountain) and Eish (meaning "Lord").
Girish is a Hindu
name which means "lord of the mountain" in Sanskrit. This is a name of Lord Shiva
, given because of his abode in the Himalayan
Mountains. Lord Sri Ventakeshwara who resides on top of seven hills called Saptagiri also has Girish as one of his names.
Girish, the king of mountains, is also referred by some to Himavan. Himavan was the father of Pārvatī
(Parvati was the rebirth of Dākshāyani
) who eventually married Lord Shiva.
Girish is used as a male name in India.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
) of two Sanskrit words - Giri (meaning mountain) and Eish (meaning "Lord").
Girish is a Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
name which means "lord of the mountain" in Sanskrit. This is a name of Lord Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
, given because of his abode in the Himalayan
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...
Mountains. Lord Sri Ventakeshwara who resides on top of seven hills called Saptagiri also has Girish as one of his names.
Girish, the king of mountains, is also referred by some to Himavan. Himavan was the father of Pārvatī
Parvati
Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...
(Parvati was the rebirth of Dākshāyani
Dakshayani
Dākshāyani or Satī is a Hindu Goddess of marital felicity and longevity. She is worshipped particularly by Hindu women to seek the long life of their husbands...
) who eventually married Lord Shiva.
Girish is used as a male name in India.
People
Girish Anand,manimajra,Chandigarh,Gcc- Girish Chandra SaxenaGirish Chandra SaxenaGirish Chandra 'Gary' Saxena is a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928 he joined IPS and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency....
, a former governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India - Girish Chandra SenGirish Chandra SenGirish Chandra Sen , a Brahmo Samaj missionary, was the first person to translate the Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886. It was his finest contribution to Bengali literature.-Early life:...
, a Brahmo Samaj missionary - Girish KarnadGirish KarnadGirish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language...
, Kannada writer, actor - Girish KasaravalliGirish KasaravalliGirish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...
, Kanaada film director