Shashank

Shashank (also spelled Shashanka or Śaśāṅka, Sanskrit: शशाङ्क) is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, widely used in the Indian subcontinent. Beyond its use as a personal name, Shashank functions as a poetic and mythological epithet of the Moon in Hindu religious and literary traditions. The name derives from the Sanskrit words śaśa (शश, 'hare') and aṅka (अङ्क, 'mark' or 'spot'), reflecting the ancient Indian belief that the Moon bears the image of a hare.