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'''Sharma''' is a Brahmin [[Hindu]] [[surname]] in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. The [[Sanskrit]] stem ''{{IAST|ṣárman-}}'' ([[Nominative case|nom.]] ''{{IAST|sarma}}'') can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.<ref>{{MWSD|page=1058 col.2 }}</ref><!-- |
'''Sharma''' is a Brahmin [[Hindu]] [[surname]] in [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. The [[Sanskrit]] stem ''{{IAST|ṣárman-}}'' ([[Nominative case|nom.]] ''{{IAST|sarma}}'') can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.<ref>{{MWSD|page=1058 col.2 }}</ref><!-- |
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'''Sarma''' is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some [[Assamese Brahmins]] also use '''Sarmah'''.<ref name="lii001">[http://www.languageinindia.com/april2003/assamesemalenames.html Assamese Surnames]. Languageinindia.com (4 April 2003). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref> |
'''Sarma''' is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some [[Assamese Brahmins]] also use '''Sarmah'''.<ref name="lii001">[http://www.languageinindia.com/april2003/assamesemalenames.html Assamese Surnames]. Languageinindia.com (4 April 2003). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.</ref> |
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Sharma is a Brahmin Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- (nom. sarma) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.[1]
- ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1058 col.2. OCLC 685239912.