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  2. Om - Wikipedia

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    Udgītha (उद्गीथ); meaning "song, chant", a word found in Samaveda and bhasya (commentaries) based on it. It is also used as a name of the syllable Om in Chandogya Upanishad. [26] Akṣara (अक्षर); literally, "imperishable, immutable", and also "letter of the alphabet" or "syllable".

  3. Nikita (given name) - Wikipedia

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    The Indian feminine name Niketā निकेता, Nikitā निकिता is unrelated. It comes from a Sanskrit word nikita निकेत, niketana निकेतन meaning "house, habitation; temple".

  4. Hindu Kush - Wikipedia

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    According to him, Hindu Kush means Hindu Killer as Hindu slaves from the Indian subcontinent died in the harsh climatic conditions of the mountains while being taken from India to Turkestan by Muslim traders. [38] [27] [39] [40] [a] Several other theories have been propounded as to the origins of the name. [26]

  5. Gupta - Wikipedia

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    Gupta (/ ˈ ɡ uː p t ə /) is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ goptṛ , which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. [ 1 ] According to historian R. C. Majumdar , the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.

  6. Patel - Wikipedia

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    Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat, representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants.

  7. Rohan (name) - Wikipedia

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    It is also the name of Sri Vishnu. [citation needed] In Arabic, it means "spiritual." [citation needed] In Gaelic, Rohan is a variant of the name Rowan, which can mean red, red-haired, or rusty. [citation needed] In Japanese, it is an uncommon name, meaning "accompanying dew" and may be given either as a nom-de-plume or to a fictional character.

  8. Anika - Wikipedia

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    Anika (Devanagari: अनिका) is a female given name of Sanskrit, German, Arabic, Swedish, Dutch, Hebrew, Māori, and African origin [1] and is also an alternative spelling of the name Annika or Anikha [2]

  9. Arya (name) - Wikipedia

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    The 2011 television series Game of Thrones features a character named Arya Stark, increasing the name's popularity among Western audiences.In 2013, BBC News wrote that "the passion and the extreme devotion of fans" had brought about a phenomenon unlike anything related to other popular TV series, manifesting itself in a very broad range of fan labor, such as fan fiction, [6] Game of Thrones ...