Jayashankar

Jayashankar is an Indian given name and surname. It is formed from the Sanskrit words 'victorious' and 'beneficent'. The latter word is a reference to Shiva. By the process of schwa syncope, becomes in many modern Indian languages, resulting in the name also being spelled Jaishankar. People with these names include:

Jaishankar Bhojak, Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre
Jaishankar Prasad, Indian writer prominent in modern Hindi literature
Kothapalli Jayashankar, Telangana movement activist
Jaishankar, Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema
Thiruvizha Jayashankar, Indian classical musician
S. Jaishankar, Indian diplomat
Jaishankar Menon, Indian-born American computer scientist
A. Jayashankar, Indian lawyer based in Kerala
M. Jaishankar, Indian serial killer
Shvetha Jaishankar, Indian model and businesswoman
Karuppannan Jaishankar, Indian criminologist
Vedam Jaishankar, Indian cricket correspondent from Karnataka