sūrya सूर्य sū́rya m. the sun or its deity (in the Veda the name Sūrya is generally distinguished from Savitṛ [q.v.], and denotes the most concrete of the solar gods, whose connection with the luminary is always present to the poet's mind ; in [Nir. vii, 5] he is regarded as one of the original Vedic triad, his place being in the sky, while that of Agni is on the earth, and that of Indra is in the atmosphere; ten hymns in the [RV.] are entirely in praise of Sūrya, e.g. [i, 50], [i, 115] &c., also, [AV. xiii, 2]; he moves through the sky in a chariot drawn by seven ruddy horses or mares [see saptāśva, harit, harid-aśva]; in the later mythology Sūrya is identified with Savitṛ as one of the 12 Ādityas or emblems of the Sun in the 12 months of the year, and his seven-horsed chariot is said to be driven by Aruṇa or the Dawn as its charioteer, who is represented without legs; the Sun, whether named Sūrya or Vivasvat, has several wives See sūryā below), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [IW. 11]; [16] &c.; [RTL. 341]) a symbolical expression for the number ‘twelve’ (in allusion to the sun in the 12 signs of the zodiac), [Jyot.]; [Hcat.] the swallow-wort (either Calotropis or Asclepias Gigantea, = arka), [L.] N. of the son of Bali, [L.] of a Dānava, [VahniP.] of an astronomer (= sūrya-dāsa), [Cat.] epithet of Śiva, [MBh.] sū́rya mfn. solar (perhaps w.r. for saurya), [Jyot.][For cognate words See under 2. svár.] &c. See p. 1243, col. 1. sūryabhā सूर्यभा sūrya—bhā mfn. bright as the sun, [MW.] sūryajā सूर्यजा sūrya—jā (ā), f. the river Yamunā, [L.] sūryaja सूर्यज sūrya—ja m. ‘sun-born’, N. of the planet Saturn, [VarBṛS.] of the monkey Su-grīva, [L.] of the hero Karṇa, [W.] sūryaka सूर्यक mfn. resembling the sun, [Hariv.] (v.l.) m. N. of various men, [Rājat.]; [VP.] sūryarc सूर्यर्च् sūrya—rc (°ya + ṛc), f. a hymn addressed to the sun, [BhP.] sūryabhās सूर्यभास् sūrya—bhās m. N. of a man, [MBh.] sūryaśrī सूर्यश्री sūrya—śrī m. N. of a being reckoned among the Viśve Devāḥ, [MBh.] sūryadṛś सूर्यदृश् sūrya—dṛś mfn. looking at the sun, [Yājñ.] sūryantī सूर्यन्ती w.r. for tūryantī, [ĀpGṛ.] sūryaruc सूर्यरुच् sūrya—ruc f. sunlight, [Śiś.] sūryavat सूर्यवत् sū́rya—vat (sū́rya-), mfn. sunny, [AV.]; [TBr.]; [KātyŚr.] sū́rya—vat m. N. of a mountain, [R.] sūryabhāgā सूर्यभागा sūrya—bhāgā f. N. of a river, [L.] sūryabhānu सूर्यभानु sūrya—bhānu m. N. of a Yakṣa, [R.] of a king, [Inscr.] sūryabhrāj सूर्यभ्राज् sūrya—bhrāj mfn. radiant as the sun, [Kāṭh.] sūryadhara सूर्यधर sūrya—dhara m. N. of a poet, [Sadukt.] sūryaśobhā सूर्यशोभा sūrya—śobhā f. sunshine, [MW.] a kind of flower, [L.] sūryaśrit सूर्यश्रित् sūrya—śrít v.l. for -śvít, [AV.] sūryaśvit सूर्यश्वित् sūrya—śvít mfn. bright as the sun, [RV.] sūryabali सूर्यबलि sūrya—bali m. N. of wk. sūryadāsa सूर्यदास sūrya—dāsa m. N. of various men, [Col.]; [Cat.] sūryadeva सूर्यदेव sūrya—deva m. the god Sūrya, [Kālac.]; [Buddh.] N. of an author, [Cat.] sūryakāla सूर्यकाल sūrya—kāla m. ‘sun-time’, day-time, day, [L.] sūryakara सूर्यकर sūrya—kara m. a sunbeam, [Pañcat.] sūryakavi सूर्यकवि sūrya—kavi m. N. of an author, [Cat.] sūryaketu सूर्यकेतु sū́rya—ketu (sū́rya-), mfn. having the sun for a flag (or ‘bright as the sun’), [AV.] sū́rya—ketu m. N. of a king, [Buddh.] sūryalatā सूर्यलता sūrya—latā f. Polanisia Icosandra, [L.] Calotropis Gigantea, [Npr.] sūryaloka सूर्यलोक sūrya—loka m. the sun-world (a region or space supposed to exist round the sun, constituting a heaven of which the sun is regent), [Inscr.], [KāśīKh.] sūryamāla सूर्यमाल sūrya—māla mfn. sun-garlanded (said of Śiva), [MBh.] sūryamāsa सूर्यमास sūrya—māsa m. a solar month, [Sūryapr.], Sch. sūryamaṇi सूर्यमणि sūrya—maṇi m. the sun-stone, sun-gem (= -kānta), [L.] a kind of flower (= -kānta), [ib.] Hibiscus phoeniceus, [ib.] sūryamatī सूर्यमती sūrya—matī f. N. of a princess, [Rājat.] sūryamukhī सूर्यमुखी sūrya—mukhī f. Helianthus Annuus, [MW.] sūryanābha सूर्यनाभ sūrya—nābha m. N. of a Dānava, [Hariv.] sūryanāḍī सूर्यनाडी sūrya—nāḍī f. N. of wk. sūryapāda सूर्यपाद sūrya—pāda m. a sunbeam, [Hariv.] sūryapūjā सूर्यपूजा sūrya—pūjā f. N. of wk. sūryapati सूर्यपति sūrya—pati m. the god Sūrya, [W.] sūryapura सूर्यपुर sūrya—pura n. ‘city of the Sun’, N. of a city (cf. -nagara above), [Rājat.] sūryarāma सूर्यराम sūrya—rāma m. N. of an author, [Cat.] sūryaratha सूर्यरथ sūrya—ratha m. the chariot of the sun, [R.]; [BhP.] sūryarkṣa सूर्यर्क्ष sūrya—rkṣa (°ya + ṛkṣa), n. the Nakṣatra in which the sun happens to be, [Jyot.] sūryasūri सूर्यसूरि sūrya—sūri m. N. of an astronomer, [Col.]; [Cat.] sūryasūta सूर्यसूत sūrya—sūta m. the charioteer of the Sun, [BhP.] sūryasama सूर्यसम sū́rya—sama (sū́rya-), mfn. equal to the sun, [VS.]; [Siṃhās.] sūryasena सूर्यसेन sūrya—sena m. N. of various men, [Cat.] sūryastut सूर्यस्तुत् sūrya—stút m. a partic. Ekāha, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; [Vait.] sūryasuta सूर्यसुत sūrya—suta m. ‘son of the Sun’, N. of the planet Saturn, [Var.] of the monkey Su-grīva, [Kām.] sūryatvac सूर्यत्वच् sū́rya—tvac (sū́rya-), mfn. having a skin or covering as bright as the sun, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.] sūryavāra सूर्यवार sūrya—vāra m. Sunday, [Pañcat.] sūryavana सूर्यवन sūrya—vana n. N. of a forest sacred to the Sun, [Śatr.] sūryavara सूर्यवर sūrya—vara m. a partic. medicament, [Cat.] sūryavatī सूर्यवती sū́rya—vatī (atī), f. N. of a princess, [Vās., Introd.] sūryayama सूर्ययम sūrya—yama See sauryayāma. sūryabhaktā सूर्यभक्ता sūrya—bhaktā (ā), f. a kind of plant, [ib.] sūryabhakta सूर्यभक्त sūrya—bhakta mfn. worshipping the sun, one who worships the sun, [Cat.] sūrya—bhakta m. Pentapetes Phoenicea, [L.] sūryabhaṭṭa सूर्यभट्ट sūrya—bhaṭṭa m. N. of an author, [Cat.] sūryabhrātṛ सूर्यभ्रातृ sūrya—bhrātṛ m. N. of Airāvata, [L.] sūryadhvaja सूर्यध्वज sūrya—dhvaja m. ‘sun-bannered’, N. of a man, [MBh.] sūryadhyāna सूर्यध्यान sūrya—dhyāna n. N. of wk. sūryaśānti सूर्यशान्ति sūrya—śānti f. N. of wk. sūryaśiṣya सूर्यशिष्य sūrya—śiṣya m. N. of Yājñavalkya, [Bālar.] sūryabimba सूर्यबिम्ब sūrya—bimba m. or n. the disc of the sun, [VarBṛS.] N. of a sacred place, [Cat.] sūryadatta सूर्यदत्त sūrya—datta m. N. of various men, [MBh.]; [Cat.] sūryagarbha सूर्यगर्भ sūrya—garbha m. N. of a Bodhi-sattva, [Kāraṇḍ.] of a man, [Buddh.] of a Buddhist Sūtra. sūryagraha सूर्यग्रह sūrya—graha m. ‘sun-planet’, the sun, [W.] ‘sun-seizure’, an eclipse of the sun, [Tithyād.] ‘sun-seizer’, N. of Rāhu and Ketu, [W.] the bottom of a water-jar, [ib.] sūryagupta सूर्यगुप्त sūrya—gupta (?) m. N. of a man, [Buddh.] sūryakānta सूर्यकान्त sūrya—kānta m. ‘sun-loved’, the sun-stone, sun-crystal (a kind of crystal supposed to possess fabulous properties as giving out heat when exposed to the sun; there is a corresponding moonstone See candra-k°; also °ta-maṇi), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [VarYogay.] crystal, [W.] a kind of flower (= ādityaparṇī), [Car.] Hibiscus Phoeniceus, [W.] N. of a mountain, [MārkP.] sūryakānti सूर्यकान्ति sūrya—kānti f. sunlight, sunshine, [W.] a partic. flower, [L.] the flower of sesamum, [W.] sūryakalpa सूर्यकल्प sūrya—kalpa m. N. of wk. sūryakṣaya सूर्यक्षय sūrya—kṣaya m. the sun's mansion, [Bṛh.] sūryamalla सूर्यमल्ल sūrya—malla m. N. of a king, [Śatr.]; [Inscr.] sūryamarut सूर्यमरुत् sūrya—marut or °ta, see sauryamārutaka. sūryanetra सूर्यनेत्र sūrya—netra m. N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh.] sūryaparṇī सूर्यपर्णी sūrya—parṇī f. a kind of plant, [MBh.]; [Car.] (w.r. sūrpa-), [Vāgbh.] Phaseolus Trilobus, [Bhpr.] Glycine Debilis, [ib.] sūryapatnī सूर्यपत्नी sū́rya—patnī (sū́rya-), f. having the Sun for husband, [AV.] sūryaprabha सूर्यप्रभ sūrya—prabha mfn. bright as the sun sūrya—prabha m. a kind of Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍ.] N. of the palace of Lakṣmaṇā (wife of Kṛṣṇa), [Hariv.] of a serpent-demon, [Buddh.] of a Bodhi-sattva, [ib.] of various kings, [Kathās.]; [Cat.] sūrya—prabha m. of the king after whom the 8th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara is called (-tā f.), [Kathās.] sūryaputrī सूर्यपुत्री sūrya—putrī (ī),f. ‘daughter of the Sun’, lightning, [L.] the river Yamunā, [Bālar.] sūryaputra सूर्यपुत्र sūrya—putra m. patr. of the Aśvins, [MBh.] of the planet Saturn, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] of Yama, [Tithyād.] of Varuṇa, [L.] of Karṇa, [W.] of Su-grīva, [ib.] sūryarājya सूर्यराज्य sūrya—rā́jya n. the sun's dominion, [MaitrS.] sūryaraśmi सूर्यरश्मि sūrya—raśmi m. a sunbeam, [Mn. v, 133] sū́rya—raśmi (sū́rya-), mfn. having the rays of the sun, [RV.]; [VS.] sū́rya—raśmi m. N. of Savitṛ, [MW.] sūryasāman सूर्यसामन् sūrya—sāman n. N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] sūryasūkta सूर्यसूक्त sūrya—sūkta n. N. of a partic. hymn to the Sun ([RV. i, 50]; [RTL. 342]; cf. sūryā-s°). sūryasiṃha सूर्यसिंह sūrya—siṃha m. N. of a king, [Cat.] sūryastuti सूर्यस्तुति sūrya—stuti, f. or sūrya—stotra, n. praise of the sun (N. of various works.), [Cat.] sūryatīrtha सूर्यतीर्थ sūrya—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh.] sūryatapas सूर्यतपस् sūrya—tapas m. N. of a Muni, [Kathās.] sūryatejas सूर्यतेजस् sūrya—tejas n. sunshine, [Hit.] sū́rya—tejas (sū́rya-), mfn. having the power or radiance of the sun, [AV.] sūryatvaca सूर्यत्वच sūrya—tvaca mfn. id., [MW.] sūryavaṃśa सूर्यवंश sūrya—vaṃśa m. the solar race of kings (i.e. the royal dynasty of Rāma-candra, king of Ayodhyā, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, who was descended from Ikṣvāku son of Vaivasvata Manu, son of the Sun ; many Rājput tribes still claim to belong to this race; it is one of the two great lines of kings, the other being called ‘lunar’, see candra-v°), [Kṣitīś.]; [Buddh.] sūryavallī सूर्यवल्ली sūrya—vallī f. the plant Gynandropsis Pentaphylla, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] sūryavarṇa सूर्यवर्ण sūrya—varṇa mf(A)n. sun-coloured, [AV.] sūryavarga सूर्यवर्ग sūrya—varga m. N. of wk. sūryavighna सूर्यविघ्न sūrya—vighna m. ‘destroyer of the sun’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Pañcar.] sūryavrata सूर्यव्रत sūrya—vrata n. a partic. ceremony, [Cat.] a partic. diagram, [ib.] N. of various works. sūryaśataka सूर्यशतक sūrya—śataka n. N. of wk. sūryacakṣus सूर्यचक्षुस् sūrya—cakṣus m. N. of a Rākṣasa, [R.] sūryacandra सूर्यचन्द्र sūrya—candra m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] du. the sun and moon, [A.] sūryahṛdaya सूर्यहृदय sūrya—hṛdaya n. N. of a hymn. sūryajyotis सूर्यज्योतिस् sūrya—jyotis mfn. having the sun's light, [Vait.]