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 (1933–2022), Marathi singer known for singing lavanis
• Sulochana Gadgil (born 1944), Indian climatologist, mathematician, meteorologist and oceanographer
• Sulochana Latkar (1928 - 2023), actress in Marathi and Hindi cinema, often billed simply as Sulochana
• Sulochana Katkar (1929–2012), Goan politician
• Sulochana Manandhar (born 1955), Nepali poet, writer, columnist and political activist
• Sulochana, stage name of Ruby Myers (1907–1983), 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), one of Vishnu's '1000 names'; see Vishnu Sahasranama
• Sulochana is the name of Yakshini from a list of thirty six yakshinis given in the Uddamareshvara Tantra, she gives Paduka Siddhi, enabling one to travel at great speed through the aethers