Subrahmanya
సుబ్రహ్మణ్య
Built from Sanskrit for "good" and a word for the sacred or a devout worshipper; used above all as another name of the war god Skanda.
Meaning and origin
Subrahmanya is a Sanskrit compound whose everyday sense matters less than the deity it names: it is one of the best-known names of Skanda, also called Kartikeya or, in Tamil, Murugan, the god of war and son of Shiva and…
How to pronounce Subrahmanya
| Telugu (India) | soo-brah-MUN-yuh /subrəɦmaɳjə/ |
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