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Kalyanasundaram
கல்யாணசுந்தரம்Say it kul-yaa-nuh-SUN-duh-rum
- Meaning today
- Beautiful wedding, Lord Shiva
- Original meaning
- "Kalyāṇasundara, a form of Shiva: Shiva as the beautiful bridegroom of Parvati" Tamil Lexicon, p. 771
- Say it
- kul-yaa-nuh-SUN-duh-rum
- Written
- கல்யாணசுந்தரம்
- Other spellings
- Kalyanasundar, Kaliyanasundaram
Kalyanasundaram
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Kalyanasundaram meaning
Kalyanasundaram (கல்யாணசுந்தரம்) is a Tamil and Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin (Tamil usage).
Kalyāṇasundara, a form of Shiva: Shiva as the beautiful bridegroom of Parvati
Also used to mean: beautiful wedding, Lord Shiva
Kalyanasundaram (கல்யாணசுந்தரம்) names Shiva in his form as Kalyāṇasundara, the handsome bridegroom at his wedding with Parvati. The Tamil Lexicon lists kalyāṇacuntarar among the forms of Shiva; its parts are kalyāṇa, which Monier-Williams gives as beautiful and auspicious and which in Tamil, as kalyāṇam, also means a wedding, and sundara, "beautiful, handsome". Temple bronzes of this form show Shiva taking Parvati's hand, and it is honoured at festivals of the divine wedding. Well-known bearers include the Tamil scholar and labour leader Thiru. Vi. Kalyanasundaram and the lyricist Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Shiva.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 771 · entry kalyāṇacuntarar (கல்யாணசுந்தரர்) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, kalyāṇacuntarar (கல்யாணசுந்தரர்), p. 771 · Wikipedia, Kalyanasundara · Wikipedia, Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram · Wikipedia, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram · Monier-Williams, kalyāṇa, p. 263 · Monier-Williams, sundara, p. 1227 · Tamil Lexicon, kalyāṇam (கல்யாணம்), p. 771
Famous namesakes
- Thiru. Vi. Kalyanasundaram, Tamil scholar and labour leader
- Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Tamil lyricist
Spellings
Kalyanasundaram · Kalyanasundar · Kaliyanasundaram