Pankaj
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Pankaj is a male given name, common in Nepal and India to the Hindus. It has its roots in the Sanskrit
word pankaj which means a lotus flower. This consists of two words, pank + aj. panka=mud, ja=born; the actual meaning is lotus which is born in mud and blossoms after arising from mud.
The lotus flower, or pankaj is also the national flower of 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...
word pankaj which means a lotus flower. This consists of two words, pank + aj. panka=mud, ja=born; the actual meaning is lotus which is born in mud and blossoms after arising from mud.
The lotus flower, or pankaj is also the national flower of India.
People named Pankaj
- Pankaj KapoorPankaj KapoorPankaj Kapur is an Indian theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He has appeared in several television serials and films. His most acclaimed film roles to date have been that of Dr...
, a BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor and father of ActorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Shahid KapoorShahid KapoorShahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is also a trained dancer.Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal . Four years later, he made his acting debut in Ishq... - Pankaj MullickPankaj MullickPankaj Mullick, also known as Pankaj Kumar Mullick was a Bengali Indian music director, who was a pioneer of film music in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema at the advent of playback singing, as well as an early exponent of Rabindra Sangeet.He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1970, followed by the...
, an Indian film director and recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Pankaj MishraPankaj MishraPankaj Mishra born 1969 in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh , is an Indian essayist and novelist. He is particularly notable for his book Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, a sociological study of small-town India, and his writing for the New York Review of Books.He graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce...
, an Indian writer - Pankaj RoyPankaj RoyPankaj Roy was an Indian cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman, he is best known for establishing the world record opening partnership of 413 runs, together with Vinoo Mankad, against New Zealand at Chennai. The record stood until 2008. He was honoured with the Padma Shri...
, an Indian cricket player - Pankaj AdvaniPankaj AdvaniPankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...
, an Indian and World Champion snooker and billiards player - Pankaj UdhasPankaj UdhasPankaj Udhas is an Indian singer, credited in the Indian music industry, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the film Naam , in which his song Chitthi Aayee Hai became an instant hit....
, an Indian Ghazal singer - Pankaj RagPankaj RagPankaj Rag is the present Director of Film and Television Institute of India. He is an IAS officer of 1990 batch and has earlier served as Commissioner of Archeology, Archives and Museums, Government of Madhya Pradesh....
, current director of the Film and Television Institute of India - Pankaj DharmaniPankaj DharmaniPankaj Dharmani is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Punjab and played a single One Day International for India against South Africa in 1996....
, an Indian cricket player - Pankaj GuptaPankaj GuptaPankaj Gupta was one of the earliest Indian sports administrators involved in football, hockey and cricket. However, he gave his life for hockey, as a manager, administrator, and even a referee. Many called him “Mr. Hockey”....
, an Indian sports administrators and hockey manager - Pankaj ChoudharyPankaj ChoudharyPankaj Choudhary is an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the BJP ticket and is currently a Member of Parliament from Maharajganj.-External links:*...
, an Indian politician of a party. - Pankaj SinghPankaj SinghPankaj Singh is an Indian first-class cricketer. He was born in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Pankaj is a fast bowler. He was selected to the Indian test cricket squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series of 2007-08 in Australia, but was not selected to play....
, an Indian cricket player - Pankaj BhatiaPankaj BhatiaPankaj Bhatia is an Indian entrepreneur, owner of K.P. Groups, Bangalore, India. Owner of "The Vil'age", "The Beach", "The H2O", "The 5th Element SPA" .-External links:**...
, an Indian entrepreneur and owner of K.P. Groups - Pankaj PatelPankaj PatelPankaj Ramanbhai Patel is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Cadila Healthcare, the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India. Patel was tied for 26th place on Forbes Magazine's first annual list of the 40 richest Indians with an estimated net worth of $510 million...
, the current chairman and managing director of Cadila Healthcare - Pankaj OswalPankaj OswalPankaj Oswal is an Indian Australian businessman. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of Burrup Holdings Limited. BOY is a Perth based company and one of the world's largest liquid ammonia production companies. Oswal has a fortune of over A$2 billion making him one of Australia's richest...
, the current chairman and managing director of Burrup Holdings Limited - Pankaj Manubhai ZaveriPankaj Manubhai ZaveriPankaj Manubhai Zaveri was a Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat.Zaveri made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1962-63 season, against Saurashtra. From the opening order, he scored 29 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.-External links:*...
, an IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n cricketer - Pankaj Sharma, an associate professor in clinical neurology at Imperial College London
- Pankaj DheerPankaj DheerPankaj Dheer is an Indian television and film actor originally from Punjab. His best known role was as Karna in epic TV series, Mahabharata , which became a famous Indian television series, and as Shivdutt in Chandrakanta...
, Bollywood actor