Pankaj
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Pankaj is a male given name, common in Nepal and India to the Hindus. It has its roots in the Sanskrit word pankaj which means a lotus flower[citation needed]. This consists of two words, pank + aj. panka=mud, ja=born; the actual meaning is lotus which is born in mud and blossoms after arising from mud[citation needed].
The lotus flower, or pankaj is also the national flower of India.
[edit] People named Pankaj
- Pankaj Kapoor, a Bollywood actor and father of Actor Shahid Kapoor
- Pankaj Mullick, an Indian film director and recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- Pankaj Mishra, an Indian writer
- Pankaj Roy, an Indian cricket player
- Pankaj Advani, an Indian and World Champion snooker and billiards player
- Pankaj Udhas, an Indian Ghazal singer
- Pankaj Rag, current director of the Film and Television Institute of India
- Pankaj Dharmani, an Indian cricket player
- Pankaj Gupta, an Indian sports administrators and hockey manager
- Pankaj Choudhary, an Indian politician of a party.
- Pankaj Singh, an Indian cricket player
- Pankaj Bhatia, an Indian entrepreneur and owner of K.P. Groups
- Pankaj Patel, the current chairman and managing director of Cadila Healthcare
- Pankaj Oswal, the former chairman and managing director of Burrup Holdings Limited
- Pankaj Manubhai Zaveri, an Indian cricketer
- Pankaj Sharma, an associate professor in clinical neurology at Imperial College London
- Pankaj Dheer, Bollywood actor
