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Sivasankari
சிவசங்கரிSay it SI-va-shun-ka-ri
- Meaning today
- Goddess parvati
- Original meaning
- "Parvati, the consort of Shiva" Tamil Lexicon, p. 1224
- Say it
- SI-va-shun-ka-ri
- Written
- சிவசங்கரி
- Other spellings
- Shivashankari, Sivashankari
Sivasankari
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Sivasankari meaning
Sivasankari (சிவசங்கரி) is a Tamil and Hindu girl's name.
Parvati, the consort of Shiva
Also used to mean: goddess parvati
Sivasankari (சிவசங்கரி) is a name of the goddess Parvati. It joins Śiva with Sankari, the feminine of Sankara, 'the beneficent one', one of Shiva's commonest names; the Tamil Lexicon gives caṅkari simply as Pārvatī, and Monier-Williams glosses śaṃkara as causing prosperity, auspicious and beneficent. So the name doubles Shiva's presence while naming his consort. It is a traditional Tamil girls' name; a well-known bearer is Sivasankari, the Tamil novelist and short-story writer.
In Hindu tradition this is a name of Parvati.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 1224 · entry caṅkari (சங்கரி) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, caṅkari (சங்கரி), p. 1224 · Monier-Williams, śaṃkara, p. 1054 · Monier-Williams, śiva, p. 1074 · Wikipedia, Sivasankari
Famous namesakes
- Sivasankari, Tamil novelist
Spellings
Sivasankari · Shivashankari · Sivashankari