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Shashibhushan
शशिभूषणSay it shuh-shee-BHOO-shun
- Meaning today
- Lord Shiva, moon-decorated
- Original meaning
- "moon-decorated, a name of Śiva" Monier-Williams, p. 1060
- Say it
- shuh-shee-BHOO-shun
- Written
- शशिभूषण
- Other spellings
- Shashi Bhushan, Sashibhushan, Shashibhusan
Shashibhushan
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Shashibhushan meaning
Shashibhushan (शशिभूषण) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Moon-decorated, a name of Śiva
Also used to mean: Lord Shiva
Shashibhushan (शशिभूषण) joins śaśin, a Sanskrit word for the moon meaning "marked with a hare", after the shape Indians see on its face, with bhūṣaṇa, "ornament". Monier-Williams gives śaśibhūṣaṇa as "moon-decorated", a name of Śiva, who wears the crescent moon in his hair. Name lists give "Lord Shiva" or "moon-decorated", matching the dictionary. It is a traditional name in Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and Odisha, often written as two words, and was carried by the Bengali scholar Shashibhusan Dasgupta.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Shiva.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1060 · entry śaśi-bhūṣaṇa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śaśi-bhūṣaṇa, p. 1060 · Monier-Williams, bhūṣaṇa, p. 764 · Wikipedia, Shashibhusan Dasgupta
Famous namesakes
- Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar
Spellings
Shashibhushan · Shashi Bhushan · Sashibhushan · Shashibhusan