Yogeshwar

Yogeshwar is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word yogeśvara is a compound of yoga and īśvara. It has the meanings "master in magical arts", "master in yoga", "deity", and has been used as an epithet of various characters including Krishna, Vetala and Yajnavalkya.[1] A South Indian analogue of this name is Yogeswaran.

Notable people

Yogeshwar Amatya (born 1964), Nepali singer, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer
Yogeshwar Dutt (born 1982), Indian freestyle wrestler
Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh (?–2007), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand
Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967), scion of Kawardha Raj family
C. P. Yogeshwar (born 1962), Indian Politician from Karnataka

References

Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). "yogeśvara". A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[1] Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). "yogeśvara". A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.