Prabhakar Name Meaning. Indian (southern states): Hindu name from Sanskrit prabhakara 'light maker' (from prabha 'light' + -kara 'causing'), an epithet of the sun. This is found only as a male given name in India, but in the U.S. it has come to be used as a family name.
Deepika (Hindi : दीपिका) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, which means "lantern" and "light".