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sūryā

sūryā́ (ā́), f. the wife of Sūrya or the Sun (also called Saṃjñā, q.v.)


the daughter of Sūrya or the Sun (see [RV. i, 116, 17]; also described as daughter of Prajāpati or of Savitṛ and wife of the Aśvins, and in other places as married to Soma; in [RV. i, 119, 2] she is called Ūrjānī, and in [vi, 55, 4], [vi, 58, 4] the sister of Pūṣan [q.v.], who is described as loving her, and receiving her as a gift from the gods; accord. to some she represents a weak manifestation of the Sun; Sūryā Sāvitrī is regarded as the authoress of the Sūryā-sūkta, [RV. x, 85]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Kauś.]


= vāc, [Naigh. i, 11]


= sūryā-sūktā (q.v.), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]


a new bride


a drug, [L.]


the colocynth or bitter gourd, [L.]


f. See sū́rya above.