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Shashank or Shashanka (Sanskrit: शशाङ्क, romanized: Śaśāṅka) is a given name among Hindus. The name is derived from Sanskrit, as another name for the Moon (literally, 'hare-marked", shasha, "hare" + anka, "spotted").[1] The Hindu god Shiva bears the epithet Shashankashekhara, meaning "He who holds the moon on his head".
Notable people with the name include:
- Shashanka, 7th-century Hindu Kshatriya king who unified Bengal
- Shashank Arora (born 1989), Indian actor and musician
- Shashank (actor) (born 1979), Indian film actor
- Shashank (diplomat), Indian Foreign Secretary from 2003 to 2004
- Shashank (director), Indian film director in Kannada movies
- Shashanka Ghosh, Indian film director in Hindi and Telugu movies
- Shashanka Koirala, Nepalese ophthalmologist and politician
- Shashank Manohar, Indian lawyer and former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
- Shashank Shende, Indian actor, director, and writer
- Shashank Vyas, Indian television actor