Shashi

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine & Feminine

Usage Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu

Scripts शशि, शशी(Hindi, Marathi) শশী(Bengali) ಶಶಿ(Kannada) శశి(Telugu)

Meaning & History

Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form शशि and the feminine form शशी (spelled with a long final vowel).