Definition of Shankar

1. Noun. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).

Exact synonyms: Ravi Shankar
Generic synonyms: Sitar Player

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shankar

Shan
Shana
Shanae
Shandong
Shane
Shang
Shang dynasty
Shangaan
Shangani
Shanghai
Shanghai dialect
Shanghainese
Shangri-la
Shani
Shaniqua
Shankar (current term)
Shannon
Shannon entropies
Shannon entropy
Shannonian
Shans
Shantou
Shanxi
Shapiro
Shapley
Shapley value
Shaquille
Shari
Shari River
Shariatization

Literary usage of Shankar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"... and to allow images, Shankar as well as formless types, to be enshrined in temples. The Ac}^ri. self-existent needed no longer to be addressed direct, ..."

2. A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"the worship of Virtues and Powers, and to allow images, shankar as well as formless ... These customs of the vanquished had their effect upon the Shankar ..."

3. A Study of the Indian Philosophy by Shantaram Anant Desai (1906)
"... as expounded by Shankar, starts with the assumption that the subject ... To quote the words of Shankar :—It1 is a proved and established fact that ..."

4. Report of the Proceedings of the Second International Congress of (1874)
"... the President proposed that a Committee of the Congress should consider the subject for the benefit of Missionaries. The next paper was by MR. Shankar ..."

5. Capital (1888)
"Ravi Shankar began this part by recalling his personal association with the late Ustad ... But Ravi Shankar is on more delicate ground in describing his ..."

6. The Information Universe: Issues in Informing Science and Information by Informing Science Institute, Eli Cohen, Ed. (2006)
"... Information Literacy Competencies of High School Students Sunita Shankar, Muthu Kumar, Uma Natarajan, and John G Hedberg Centre for Research in Pedagogy ..."

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