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Shivprakash
शिवप्रकाशSay it shiv-pruh-KAASH
- Meaning today
- Light of Shiva, auspicious light
- Original meaning
- "light of Śiva (śiva + prakāśa 'light, brightness, splendour')" Monier-Williams, p. 1074
- Say it
- shiv-pruh-KAASH
- Written
- शिवप्रकाश
- Other spellings
- Shivaprakash, Sivaprakash, Shiv Prakash
Shivprakash
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Shivprakash meaning
Shivprakash (शिवप्रकाश) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.
Light of Śiva (śiva + prakāśa 'light, brightness, splendour')
Also used to mean: light of Shiva, auspicious light
Shivprakash (शिवप्रकाश) joins Śiva, "auspicious", with prakāśa, which Monier-Williams gives as clear, bright or manifest and, as a noun, light, brightness and splendour. Together the name means the light of Śiva, and name lists give "light of Shiva" or "auspicious light". The compound is not in the dictionary as a single word. It is used in north India and, as Shivaprakash or Sivaprakash, in Karnataka and the south, where the Kannada poet and playwright H. S. Shivaprakash carries it.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1074 · entry śiva · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, śiva, p. 1074 · Monier-Williams, prakāśa, p. 653 · Wikipedia, H. S. Shivaprakash
Famous namesakes
- H. S. Shivaprakash, Kannada poet and playwright
Spellings
Shivprakash · Shivaprakash · Sivaprakash · Shiv Prakash