Sulochana

Sulochana

Gender	Female
Language(s)	Hindi Sanskrit
Origin
Meaning	"one with beautiful eyes"
Region of origin	India

Sulochana (Hindi: सुलोचना, "one with beautiful eyes") is a popular Indian feminine given name, and may refer to:

People

• Sulochana Brahaspati (born 1937), Indian vocalist of Hindustani classical music
• Sulochana Chavan (born 1933), Marathi singer known for singing lavanis
• Sulochana Gadgil (born 1944), Indian climatologist, mathematician, meteorologist and oceanographer
• Sulochana Latkar (born 1928), actress in Marathi and Hindi cinema, often billed simply as Sulochana
• Sulochana Manandhar (born 1955), Nepali poet, writer, columnist and political activist
• Sulochana, stage name of Ruby Myers (1907–83), Indian silent film star

Films

• Sati Sulochana (1921 film), a silent Marathi film directed by G.V. Sane
• Sati Sulochana, the first 1934 Kannada-language "talkie", directed by Y. V. Rao
• Sulochana, Tamil film produced by Modern Theatres
• Sati Sulochana (1961 film), Telugu film directed by Rajanikanth Sabnavis, starring N. T. Rama Rao
• Sati Sulochana (1969 film), directed by S. N. Tripathi

Others

• Sulochana, an epic poem by Nepali author Laxmi Prasad Devkota
• Sulochana (Ramayana), the daughter of Shesha, married to Indrajit, in the Hindu epic Ramayana
• Sulochana (सुलोचनः) is one of Vishnu's '1000 names' (see: Vishnu Sahasranāma)
• Sulochana is the name of Yakshini from a list of thirty six yakshinis given in the Uddamareshvara Tantra (Sulochana (Beautiful Eyes): She gives Paduka Siddhi, enabling one to travel at great speed through the aethers)
• Sulochana das prabhu was a devotee of ISKCON who protested against guru Kirtanananda Swami and promised to kill him for his sins (pedophilia, homosexuality etc), but was killed instead by Tirtha das prabhu, who believed Kirtananda was a saint to be protected.