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Surya en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Hinduism) The chief solar deity, one of the Adityas, son of Kashyapa 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. Sun
3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Forms

Translations (22)

mr सूर्य (male given name) · hi सूर्य (male given name) · as সূৰ্য (male given name) · or ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ (male given name) · kn ಸೂರ್ಯ (male given name) · ko 일천 (male given name) · ur سوریا (male given name) · ja 日天 (male given name) · ja スーリヤ (male given name) · cmn 日天 (male given name) · vi Nhật Thiên (male given name) · cmn 日天子 (male given name) · sa सूर्य (male given name) · bn সূর্য (male given name) · pa ਸੂਰਜ (male given name) · gu સૂર્ય (male given name) · ml സൂര്യ (male given name) · cmn 蘇利耶 /苏利耶 (male given name) · ta சூரியன் (male given name) · ko 수리야 (male given name) · bho सूर्य (male given name) · ne सूर्य (male given name)