Sharma

Sharma is a common Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem śarman- (nom. sarma) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Although historically associated with people of the Brahmin varnas, the name is also widely adopted by other Hindu communities.[1]

For the modern village in Yemen, see Sharmah. For the medieval harbour, see Sharma (medieval).

Sarma is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some Assamese Brahmins also use Sarmah.[2]

People

Notable people with the surname Sharma/Sarma include

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  • Venod Sharma (born 1948), Indian politician, founder of the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
  • Vinod Prakash Sharma (born 1938), Indian malariologist
  • Vishal Sharma (disambiguation), several people
  • Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930), Indian Chief of the Army Staff

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See also
  • All pages with titles beginning with Sharma
  • All pages with titles containing Sharma
  • Sharla

References
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. Assamese Surnames. Languageinindia.com (4 April 2003). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.

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