Surya

See also: surya and Sūrya

English

Alternative forms

• Sūrya

Surya's chariot

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.

Proper noun

Surya

1. (Hinduism) The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kasyapa and one of his wives Aditi, of Indra, or of Dyaus Pita (depending by the versions). Portrayed with golden arms and hair, Surya drives through the heaven in his triumphal chariot harnessed by seven horses or one horse with seven heads, which represent the seven colours of the rainbow or the seven chakras.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Translations

male given name

• Assamese: সূৰ্য (xurz)
• Bengali: সূর্য (bn) (śurjo)
• Bhojpuri: सूर्य (sūrya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日天 (zh) (Rì tiān), 日天子 (Rì tiānzǐ), 蘇利耶 / 苏利耶 (zh) (Sū lì yé)

• Gujarati: સૂર્ય (gu) (sūrya)
• Hindi: सूर्य (hi) (sūrya)
• Japanese: スーリヤ (Sūriya), 日天 (ja) (Nitten)
• Kannada: ಸೂರ್ಯ (kn) (sūrya)
• Korean: 수리야 (suliya), 일천 (ko) (ilcheon)
• Malayalam: സൂര്യ (ml) (sūrya)
• Marathi: सूर्य m (sūrya)
• Nepali: सूर्य (sūrya)
• Oriya: ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ (surjya)
• Punjabi: ਸੂਰਜ (pa) f (sūraj)
• Sanskrit: सूर्य (sa) m (sū́rya)
• Tamil: சூரியன் (ta) (cūriyaṉ)
• Urdu: سوریا (sūrya)
• Vietnamese: Nhật Thiên

Further reading

• Surya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• saury