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- Sanskrit · borrowed fromसूर्य“the sun or its deity”
- English todaySurya
Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Surya
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Sanskrit सूर्य