Srinivas
Srinivas (Sanskrit श्रीनिवास) is a name for males in India. The word Srinivas is combination of two Sanskrit words, Sri (श्री) and nivasa (निवास).
Etymology
Sri means 'radiance' or 'diffusing light'; nivasa means 'place of residence'. Srinivas is a common reference to Venkateswara (Vishnu), who is considered to be the source of light (as a metaphor for life) in Hindu scriptures.
Sri has also the meaning of Lakshmi [1] who is rendered to be embodied within Venkateswara.[2] Hence the alternate meaning "One within whom Lakshmi (prosperity) lives".
Srinivas is a modernized version of the original Sanskrit/Hindu name Srinivasa. The use of the word Srinivasan instead of Srinivas is common in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Similarly, the dialectical word, Srinivasulu, is commonly used in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The name is also very much prevalent in Orissa, Maharastra and Karnataka, among other parts of India.
The other variants in English spelling include Sreenivas, Shrinivas, Shreenivas, Srinibas, Shrinibas.
The name Srinivas is also kept for new houses.
Notable people
Music and art
- Srinivas Avasarala, Actor
- P. B. Sreenivas, Indian singer
- Srinivas, Singer
- U. Srinivas, Indian musician
- Vandemataram Srinivas, Indian musician
Politics
- Dharmapuri Srinivas, Indian politician
- Grandhi Srinivas, Indian politician
- Ullal Srinivas Mallya, Indian politician
Science
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician
Business
- Vaman Srinivas Kudva, Indian businessman
Sports
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Indian cricketer
- Madapusi Srinivasaprasad, Indian cricketer
Others
- M. N. Srinivas, Indian sociologist
- Srinivas Kumar Sinha, Indian soldier
Srinivasan or Sreenivasan may also refer to
Note: In this Indian name, the name Srinivasan is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name.
- G. Srinivasan, Indian film maker
- M. B. Sreenivasan, Indian music director
- N. Srinivasan, Indian industrialist, chemical engineer, sports administrator and socialite
- P. Seenivasan, Indian politician, Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1972
- R. Srinivasan, Indian politician, member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
- T. E. Srinivasan, Indian cricketer
- T. N. Srinivasan, economist
- Srinivasan Keshav, scientist
- Sreenivasan (actor), Malayalam script writer and actor
- Akhila Srinivasan, Indian business woman
- Hari Sreenivasan (b. 1974), Indian-American TV journalist
- Krishnan Srinivasan, Indian diplomat
- Mandyam Srinivasan, Australian scientist
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan, scientist
- Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician
- Sri Srinivasan, American judge
- Subramaniam Srinivasan, Indian filmmaker
- Thengai Srinivasan, Indian actor
- Vineeth Sreenivasan, Indian singer
- Yogi Srinivasan, Indian actor
See also
- Venkateswara, Hindu deity