By Jit Majumdar
- given; bestowed; granted; presented
- a sage of the 2nd Manvatara; the 8th tīrthañkara of the previous Utsarpinī (J. Sāhitya); the 7th Jaina Vāsudeva (Hc. Kośa); a present-day surname found among the Bengalis and, to a lesser extent, Punjabis.
