Samar (name)

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Samar is a Hindu boy name meaning Battlefield Commander originates from an ancient manuscript,Samarangana Sutradhara ^{[1] [2]} detailing techniques of warfare and ancient Hindu aeronautics, composed in Sanskrit by King Bhoja in the 11th Century A.D. The work is called Samarangana Sutradhara, or "Battlefield Commander"(sometimes abbreviated "the Samar"). It is also an Arabic given name meaning "evening conversations including Arabic music and poetry".^[3] Samar in Arabic is a cognate of the Hebrew name Shamar which means to preserve.^[4] Samar is a male/female name in Islamic culture and also means "fruit" or "reward". In Hindi, Samar is a male name and means "war" from the Sanskrit Samara.^[5]

People with the surname Samar

• Akim Samar (1916 - 1943), Soviet Nanai poet
• Devi Lal Samar, founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal
• Sima Samar (b. 1957), Afghan human rights activist

People with the given name Samar

• Samar Guha, a noted Indian politician, and an Indian independence movement activist
• Samar Banerjee, was an Indian footballer, popularly known as Badru
• Devi Lal Samar, founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal
• Samar Halarnkar, Editor-at-large of Hindustan Times.
• Samar Das, Bangladeshi musician and composer
• Samar Sen (1916- 1987), Bangladeshi poet
• Samar Andeel (b. 1987), a female singer from Egypt
• Samar Mubarakmand (b. 1942), Pakistani Nuclear physicist
• Samar Minallah, Pakistani human right activist

Places with the given name Samar

• Samar, an Island in the Philippine Archipelago

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