Bhaskar

Bhaskar (भास्कर) is both a male given name and a surname from Sanskrit literally meaning the "light maker", referring to the sun. Notable people with the name include:

People

• Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, Bhaskaracharya
• Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer
• Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale (1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist
• Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
• Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
• Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (born: 1963), Indian police officer
• Bhaskar Menon, music industry executive of Indian origin
• Bhaskar Pramanik, present Chairman of Microsoft India
• Bhaskar Sunkara, American publisher
• Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India
• Bommarillu Bhaskar, known mononymically as Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
• K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
• Kola Bhaskar, Indian film editor
• M. Bhaskar, also known as Oscar Movies Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer
• M. S. Baskar, Indian actor
• Roy Bhaskar, British philosopher
• Sanjeev Bhaskar, British comedian and actor
• V. Bhaskar, Indian economist
• Vijaya Bhaskar, Kannada music director

Other uses

• Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi-language daily newspaper of India, website bhaskar.com
• Bhaskar Group, an Indian business conglomerate
• Bhaskar (Indian werewolf character), fictional character played by Varun Dhawan in the 2022 Indian film Bhediya, based on the legendary Yapum from Arunachal Pradesh

See also

• Bhāskara (disambiguation)
• Bhaskar Nagar, a village in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
• Bhaskar Bharti, a television serial that airs on Sony Entertainment Television
• Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati-language daily newspaper of India
• Bhaskar Jagannathan syndrome, a genetic disorder